I was in the backyard preparing to photograph the sun when the familiar raspy rattley trill of sandhill cranes descended sweetly from high overhead. I just had to get their photograph before tending to the solar telescopes. Like human Floridians, migratory cranes flock here in the colder seasons, while others choose to stay here yearContinue reading “Snowbird Return”
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Sandhill Cranes
The day after Christmas we went to the Circle B Bar Preserve and saw trees, marshes, a lake, birds, and alligators. This trio of sandhill cranes came walking by slowly without any show of fear of our close proximity. Indeed, they showed far less concern than we had when we passed by some alligators earlierContinue reading “Sandhill Cranes”