Couple Sand Hill Cranes -- Birds in photography-on-the.net forums

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Dec 02, 2008 10:41 | #1

Recently I want to see the Sand Hill migration. They stop for a few weeks in central Indiana to recuperate their strength, rest a bit, and flirt with one another. During the day they are spread out feeding in the corn fields but as the sun goes down they congregate in one small field. It's quite a sight as 20,000 large birds all come in to party. Sort of hard to get a good shot as the lighting is poor and these guys are quite shy but it's worth taking a trip to see these majestic birds. Here are a couple.

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Dec 02, 2008 10:43 | #2

Here is one more of the mass fly in. This is taken right at sunset so I had to push the ISO quite a bit.

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Dec 02, 2008 11:01 | #3

John, these are nice! Love the colors!

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Dec 02, 2008 11:33 | #4

Beautiful!

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Dec 02, 2008 11:46 as a reply to @ FocalPrincess's post | #5

Great shots John! What an amazing sight it must be to see that many Cranes lift-off at once.

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Dec 02, 2008 15:23 | #6

John saw my first ever at a special crane sanctuary in the uk this year, i adore your 2cd image. top drawer.

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