Sandhill cranes are so dignified and charming. #Alaska #sandhillcranes

Check out this beautiful family of sandhill cranes that just walked through our front yard. So graceful and dignified. ❤️ #alaska #sandhillcranes

@Dave2022 yes! Had some visitors today…🙂
#sandhillcranes

#SandhillCranes Are Moving to Cities and Adopting Urban Lifestyles. Once elusive inhabitants of remote wetlands, sandhill cranes can now be found thriving in yards, athletic fields, and college campuses https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/sandhill-cranes-are-moving-cities-and-adopting-urban-lifestyles #migratorybirds #nature #environment #climatecrisis #marshes #marshland #wetlands

The real estate agent that helped us find our current rental just called to check in and figure out when we want to start hunting for a house.

I am now trying to figure out whether "we want a house where sandhill cranes will visit our backyard and lizards might hang out on our screens" is an appropriate criterion for house-hunting.

#florida #SandHillCranes #lizards

@patioboater Beautiful. A spiritual highlight of my life was watching and hearing the dusk fly in of thousands of cranes at Bosque de Apache in 1988.
Later I found here in California this reserve where during the fall and winter they offer docent led car tours including to a large blind where one can watch the fly in.
#SandhillCranes #WoodbridgeEcologicalReserve #CraneTour

https://wildlife.ca.gov/Regions/3/Crane-Tour

A Coyote perhaps having second thoughts about these Sandhill Cranes in Western Washington:

#Photography #Coyote #SandhillCranes #WashingtonState

photo by Doris Conley

Had some visitors while grilling lunch. #onthegrill #sandhillcranes

Three Cranes, Sunrise Sky. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Three sandhill cranes in flight beneath dawn sky, Central Valley, California.

In an earlier post I believe I mentioned that I made “more than a few” photographs of cranes flying against this colorful pre-dawn sky. The key on this morning was that a thin layer of high clouds... https://gdanmitchell.com/2023/03/13/three-cranes-sunrise-sky

#sandhillcranes #cranes #sunrise #dawn #sky #colorful #migratory #birds #flight #nature #wildlife #photography

Lesser Sandhill Cranes. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Two lesser sandhill cranes standing in a Central Vally field.

After photographing these creatures for years, I still learn new things about them. I’ve had a general idea about their migration patterns, but I recently learned that they likely migrate over 2000 miles to the Bristol Bay area.

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#migratory #birds #sandhillcranes #cranes #nature #wildlife #california #photography

last march i saw these awesome marsh friends. i love cranes, i’ve seen them a few other times but it is always a cool experience

#MarshMadness #birds #SandHillCranes #birdwatching #BirdPhotography #birding

Here is a 1-minute video of #SandhillCranes on the wing, circling around and landing among some others. This group was in the foreground and took to the air when a pair of #BaldEagles landed in the tree directly behind us. Sound up, not only for the distinctive and loud calls of the Sandhill cranes, but also for the screechy-chirpy noises of the Bald eagles at 9 seconds in.

It's #MarshMadness!

https://youtu.be/Ar8aZhLTQVo

Winter Landscape, Geese and Cranes. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Flocks of sandhill cranes and various geese in the winter landscape of California’s Central Valley.

While I anticipate eagerly the start of the migratory bird “season” in California every fall, the most exciting time to see and photograph the spectacle is in weeks before the geese depart. By this point... continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2023/02/27/winter-landscape-geese-and-cranes

#geese #sandhillcranes #birds #migratory #nature #wildlife #landscape #photography

I just heard #SandhillCranes flying over my house! That’s a sign of spring here. We’re near a wetland that they use as a stopover sometimes.

These are #sandhillcranes an incredibly rare sighting for this time of year in central Ohio. These were a first sighting for me and i was giddy with joy. #birds #BirdPhotogaphy #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography

in my #nativegarden very happy to discover the #bluephlox peeking through and all of a sudden I hear them #sandhillcranes coming back! Yes, spring wishes…#NativeFlowers #birdsofmastodon #birdmigration

While walking the wetland refuge this afternoon with my wife and daughter, we came upon a host of #TundraSwans. Then, rising up out of the reeds, these two beautiful #SandhillCranes began moving across the marsh as though mirroring our path. It was like tumbling into a folktale.

#Wetlands #Birding #Oregon #PacificFlyway

One of my favorite #birding moments. First I heard them and when I finally saw this group of #sandhillcranes I was really impressed. :crane: 🙀

#sandhillcrane #Antigonecanadensis #birdwatching #birds #wildlife #wetlands #birdsofmastodon

Sandhill cranes near Hampton Florida

#Sandhillcranes

Cranes in Silhouette. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Sandhill cranes in flight, silhouetted against the sky and sunrise clouds.

Sandhill cranes seem to be among the more wary birds in the locations where I usually do my bird photography this time of year. On occasion, geese will not be uncomfortable within a few dozen feet of humans, especially later in...

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#birds #bif #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography. #naturephotography #photography #sandhillcranes