Cranes (mostly)

Wow! These are beauties ... been wondering if the whooping cranes are back this year. Someone reported very low water in the area this year.

It is an amazing sight. We've been there several times in the winter. There have always been thousands of sandhill cranes. They mostly feed on land, so I don't know if low water would bother them. Have you ever been there ?

Yes, been twice but did not go last Winter. I loved it!

Superbe image!

Thank you very much, Adriana.

... a wonderful assemblage of birds ... glad you got to see it, and thanks for posting it ...

Thank you very much, L.L.

Beautiful bird image.
Have a nice weekend.

Thank you very much, Jaap. A pleasant weekend to you, too.

Du beau monde... !+++

Merci beaucoup, Jocelyne .

Sehr interessant; seltsam ist, dass zwei der Kraniche ein weißes Federkleid haben und die roten Flecken am Kopf rosa sind. Vielleicht sind es Albinos ;-)

Die weißen Kräne sind eine andere Art . Sie sind Grus americana oder "whooping cranes" . Im Welt gibt es nur ein paar Hundert . Die meisten Kräne sind Antigone canadensis oder "sandhill cranes" . Auf diesem Feld gibt es ein paar Tausend .

Oh, das ist interessant; danke Ronald.

OMY, what a crowd ********************************

These are only a small fraction of them, Marie-claire. There were thousands of cranes in this large field.

Belle image !

Merci beaucoup, Josiane.

How fun that you saw this lovely group! All the different species are so cool to look at.

Thanks, Janet. It is a wonderful place to visit in the winter with so many birds enjoying their "vacations".

Excellent shot Roland, that's a good reach on that camera with little loss in quality.
WE have a Crane breeding program on going where I go for my wetland photography.

Thank you, Maurice. There is a breeding program in Wisconsin from which some of these whooping cranes came. The sandhill cranes have changed their migration patterns in the last ten years or so to spend their winters here in northern Alabama.

wat een hoop zeg

These birds are very noisy, Fred.

Un grand rassemblement si beau à contempler...Merci !

Thank you, Danielle. It is amazing to see so many big birds in one place.

I am envious. What a great sight.

It is a fairly recent thing. I understand the cranes used to stop in Nebraska. Now many of them fly on to Alabama. The whooping cranes have only been coming here a few years after they refused to follow the ultra-light airplane any further.

Sehr schöner Anblick - eine friedliche Versammlung.