Mastodawn

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

G Dan Mitchell Apr 18

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

srlee Apr 11

"Wake Up Call"
The start of the early morning fly out of hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes on the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. One of the benefits of sleeping in a blind is waking to this lovely cacophony.
#Nebraska #Migration #SandhillCranes #birds #kearney #wildlife

srlee Apr 9

"Early Movement"
Sandhill cranes on an early flight into the rising sun near Kearney, Nebraska.
#kearney #nebraska #migration #sandhillcranes #birding

srlee Apr 7

"Into the Setting Sun"
Sandhill cranes flying into sandbars on the Platte River as the sun sets near Kearney, Nebraska.
#nebraska #kearney #migration #sandhillcranes #birding

srlee Apr 6

"Stacked"
Sandhill cranes flying overhead in the early morning light near Kearney, Nebraska.
#kearney #nebraska #sandhillcranes #migration #birding

srlee Apr 4

"The Remains of the Day"
A small group of sandhill cranes staking out their area on a sandbar of the Platte River as the sun was setting near Kearney, Nebraska. They would soon be joined by hundreds of thousands of their closest friends.
#nebraska #kearney #migration #sandhillcranes #birding #wildlife

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Richard Rathe Apr 4

@th

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

My best guess.

srlee Mar 31

"Cause and Effect
Thousands of sandhill cranes over the Platte River in Nebraska last week. They were driven into the sky by the bald eagle that landed on one of their sandbars. This is a wider angle shot, but you can clearly see the eagle below the cranes. There were a pair of bald eagles in the area, one of whom was dining on a crane carcass up river from this shot.
#migration #sandhillcranes #birding #nebraska #kearney

Erin Kay Mar 31

Cranes on the Platte River 🥰 10/10 would go see them again; a very hyped experience that turned out to be not overhyped in any way. #sandhillcranes #sandhillcrane #birds #nebraska #kearney #platteriver