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Magic birds were dancing in the mystic march.
The grass swayed with them
and the shallow waters,
and the earth fluttered under them.
The earth was dancing with the cranes,
and the low sun, and the wind and the sky.
(Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
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(photo by Freya)
During the Sandhill Crane migration it's unusual to see a Whooping Crane among them. In years past I have found one in the last days of March. I hope to see one this year as well.
Portrait
From Cornell:
© Gerrit Vyn
Whether stepping singly across a wet meadow or filling the sky by the hundreds and thousands, Sandhill Cranes have an elegance that draws attention. These tall, gray-bodied, crimson-capped birds breed in open wetlands, fields, and prairies across North America. They group together in great numbers, filling the air with distinctive rolling cries. Mates display to each other with exuberant dances that retain a gangly grace. Sandhill Crane populations are generally strong, but isolated populations in Mississippi and Cuba are endangered.
A Sandhill Crane jumps for joy, as the sun finally makes an appearance, after the March 25, 2024 Blizzard.
Blue crane - Gru del paradiso (Anthropoides paradisea), Overberg, Sud Africa, Dec.2018 #wildlifephotography #wild #wildlife #birds #birdphotography #crane #bluecrane #anthropoidesparadisea #overberg #southafrica #westerncape #gruiformes
A crane and the wide hoisting contraption for lifting a small transportable office building from the truck over to its new resting place.
They walked right up to me! I was attempting (rather unsuccessfully) to get shots of the setting sun after my bike ride at Kensington, and these 2 appeared. I did get a few decent shots, but the sky was not particularly impressive - but the birds were!
Olympus PEN F
Edited in RawTheapee
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Night shot
Kit zoom lens 14-42mm
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First time editing a photo. Did some for shadows and blacks. Not that I know what I am doing.
Meistens höre ich die Kraniche nur und bekomme sie nicht zu sehen. Heute hatte ich Glück und konnte zwei Kraniche auf einem Feld beobachten, bis sie davonflogen.
There are two of these beautiful birds at Hamerton Zoo and I had to wait for ages for one of them to finally lift their head.
Hamerton Zoo
Hamerton
Cambridgeshire
England
I'm being bombarded every night when I settle down to read before sleep... you hear the buzz first then they appear in your face, obviously wanting to share my book. Fortunately this one was just hiding in the holly in the garden. HBBBT ;0)
Man-made
From the natural world of bluebells to the man-made environment (of cranes).
This image was taken in the evening. it was too early for any sunset colour, so I zoomed in and used the light to create this silhouette. Simple, but I think it’s effective.
P105-6785 Taken at: Harbour Street, Irvine, Scotland
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We are fortunate to have Sandhill Cranes keep a permanent residence at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Westham Island, Delta BC
The George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary consists of nearly 300 hectares (850 acres) of managed wetlands, natural marshes and low dykes in the heart of the Fraser River Estuary. For the millions of birds seeking feeding and resting areas during their annual migrations along the Pacific Coast, the Sanctuary is ideally located. It is a place where wildlife and their habitats are protected from harm, and it lies next to miles of flat marshland and the farmland of Westham Island.
Sandhill cranes have one of the longest fossil histories of any extant bird. A 10-million-year-old crane fossil from Nebraska is said to be of this species, but this may be from a prehistoric relative or ancestor of sandhill cranes, and not belong in the genus Grus. The oldest unequivocal sandhill crane fossil is 2.5 million years old, older by half than the earliest remains of most living species of birds, primarily found from after the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary some 1.8 million years ago. As these ancient sandhill cranes varied as much in size as present-day birds, those Pliocene fossils are sometimes described as new species. Grus haydeni may have been a prehistoric relative, or it may comprise material of a sandhill crane and its ancestor.
Taken in a Wild Garden in West Wales (Ceredigion)
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)
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