Watching this trio of sandhill cranes marching along together in shallow water made me think of a scene from 'West Side Story' with the Jets gang...they almost looked like they were choreographed!
These whooping cranes were minding their own business, patiently letting me take pictures of them from 200 yards away. The sandhill decided it wanted in on the picture too. I've only been into the bird photography hobby for about 3 years now and haven't made it to Aransas in the winter for the...
This Sandhill crane stays in our Central Florida Area with great success of surviving with one leg ! Slowly hops along feeding and calling for others. Hops on one leg to take off and fly very well ! Passes through every now and then to help clean up bird feeder spillage and to say hello.
These cranes are famous for ritualistic courtship dancing (vertical leaps), but a variety of agonistic displays may also be exhibited. The low bow with wings spread is sometimes called the "ruffle bow."
These impressive birds, concentrate at favored localities in the Central Valley of...
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