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New sandhill crane statue unveiled at Walden Oaks Park in Decatur

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) – A new statue is up in the city, courtesy of the River Clay Fine…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/us/859609/

Last week, near where I took a photo of some sandhill crane chicks, I found this young crane walking down the road while its parents walked along the ditch next to it. I don't know if these were the same birds, as cranes are quite common here, but it was nice to see that these two adults had a full-grown chick. This young bird has a lot to learn; walking on the asphalt is a path to a long life. Winnebago Co. WI #birds #sandhillcranes #wisconsinnature

Before the Hush

An orange sulphur sun
sinks low into the horizon
Its rays catching
golden bird wings
In its glow
The speckled wood shadows
of elongated Sandhill Cranes
stretch awkwardly across the field
of uneven ground
Monarchs dance with dragonflies
in the air above tall grasses
as the sounds of the day
begin to hush


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Christine Bolton, Poetry for Healing
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Merril is hosting Tuesday Poetics at D’Verse Poets and has provided us with a list of butterfly names to use as prompts for our poem. She asks us to use three or more.

I chose Golden Birdwings/Speckled Wood/Monarchs

Sandhill Crane, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. September, 2019.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 400 mm – 1/450″ – f/8 – ISO 6400
🏷️ #Wildlife #Birds #SandhillCranes #Photography

Sandhill Crane, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. September, 2019. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 400 mm – 1/500″ – f/9 – ISO 4000 🏷️ #SandhillCranes #Wildlife #Birds #Photography

Sandhill Crane, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. September, 2019. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 400 mm – 1/500″ – f/9 – ISO 4000 🏷️ #SandhillCranes #Wildlife #Birds #Photography

So, we're not crazy.

Mrs Miasma and I would lie in bed giggling on mornings when we heard sandhill cranes calling.

We knew no matter how fast we got up and dressed, we wouldn't see them. We never had and we'd tried many times... until today.

A pair of juvenile sandhill cranes picking at the grass in our backyard.

Apologies - they were at the absolute limit of my iphone's focus range. (How do they know?)

Still - cranes in Wyoming.
<shakes head in wonder>

#SandhillCranes
#Birds
#Wyoming

From the archive: Cranes Departing” — Restless sandhill cranes take flight from wetlands on a winter morning.

https://gdanmitchell.com/2022/04/02/cranes-departing/

#birds #sandhillcranes #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #wildlifephotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature #wildlife

@th

Based on the apparent size, shape, and outstretched necks they might be #SandhillCranes.

My best guess.

it's an absolutely gorgeous day in the mid columbia basin so we've been outside hiking, birds everywhere, hoping to go see sandhill cranes as the migration is on. #birding #sandhillcranes

The majestic sandhill cranes are starting their migration over our neighborhood, flying at astonishingly high altitudes. Only one person I know (and admire!) who would get on the phone to the Nashville control tower to insist that they keep their damn airplanes away from our beloved birds. Tell ‘em, Anne! 😄👍💥

#birds
#birdsofmastodon
#sandhillcranes

Sandhill Crane, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. September, 2019.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 400 mm – 1/500″ – f/9 – ISO 4000
🔗 https://www.allencompassingtrip.com/3040/sandhill-crane?utm_campaign=random-wildlife&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon

#SandhillCranes #Photography #Wildlife

Shifting to a new topic...

Our Local Gem #SweetwaterWetlandsPark in #Gainesville #Florida

Here are two endemic #SandhillCranes that nest in our area. They do not migrate with their northern kin and are slightly smaller. At one point I was about ten feed away from them. 🙂

https://richard.mdpaths.com/nature/birds/sweetwater_wetlands_2026/index.html

#Birds #NaturePhotography

Sandhill Crane, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. September, 2019.

📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
🎞 400 mm – 1/450″ – f/8 – ISO 6400
🔗 https://www.allencompassingtrip.com/3039/sandhill-crane?utm_campaign=random&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon

#SandhillCranes #Wildlife #Photography

Sandhill Crane, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. September, 2019. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 400 mm – 1/500″ – f/9 – ISO 4000 🏷️ #Wildlife #Birds #Photography #SandhillCranes

Sandhill Crane, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. September, 2019. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 400 mm – 1/500″ – f/9 – ISO 4000 🏷️ #Wildlife #Birds #Photography #SandhillCranes

A bonus #ArtAdventCalendar entry for today and #20 in the Top 25 Countdown, a sandhill crane in twilight from March 14. Twin Suns Lake, Michigan. (1/2) #photography #sunset #michigan #art #bird #birds #birdsofbluesky #crane #SandhillCrane #cranes #SandhillCranes #spring

What is so interesting over there?

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Sandhill Cranes Have Adopted a Canada Gosling

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-sandhill-cranes-have-adopted-a-canadian-gosling-and-birders-have-flocked-to-watch-the-strange-family-180986828/

#HackerNews #SandhillCranes #CanadaGosling #BirdAdoption #NatureLovers #WildlifeWatching

Fielding Questions from a rapt audience? #Wisconsin #October #Arena #BirdsOfMastodon #SandhillCranes

Sandhill Cranes flying and landing. No sound #Wisconsin #October #Arena #SandhillCranes #Video