Day Two New Sandhill Crane Babies

These images were taken on day two of the new Sandhill crane Chicks.
I have named the larger one "Big Red", and the smaller one "Little Bit".

No 1 I am in charge here!

Great Series. Especially like Big Red.

Yep, #3 all the way. These are so cute.

Excellent series. Very well done.

Thanks for sharing Bill. I don't see very many images of these posted up and fewer yet of the young so I really like seeing these unique images. You've done some great work here.

BTW.. Where were these taken?

superb shots there #3 is the winner, gear shooting!

Great series!

Lovely Series! Great work.

These are wonderful images, I like them all, but that one with the black BG really pops. Excellent shooting.

tkerr wrote in post #10189984
Great Series. Especially like Big Red.

Thanks a lot Tim;

sparker1 wrote in post #10190019
Yep, #3 all the way. These are so cute.

Thanks Stan
It was posing for me.

gjl711 wrote in post #10190023
Excellent series. Very well done.

Thanks very much.

Naturalist wrote in post #10190026
Thanks for sharing Bill. I don't see very many images of these posted up and fewer yet of the young so I really like seeing these unique images. You've done some great work here.

Thanks Doug;
It is a pleasure to witness them raising their young.

gjl711 wrote in post #10190030
BTW.. Where were these taken?

They are in a conservation area in our subdivision in central Florida.

Nice series of shots. If only those dang blades of grass weren't in the shot on those 1st two those would be absolutely perfect. Even still they are simply fantastic shots. But #3 is a real winner!

BGgraphy wrote in post #10190037
superb shots there #3 is the winner, gear shooting!

Thank you very much.

rw2 wrote in post #10190055
Great series!

Thanks Rob;

eric.brown wrote in post #10190056
Lovely Series! Great work.

Thanks Eric;

ajosteve wrote in post #10190512
These are wonderful images, I like them all, but that one with the black BG really pops. Excellent shooting.

Thanks Steve;

squatty wrote in post #10192092
Nice series of shots. If only those dang blades of grass weren't in the shot on those 1st two those would be absolutely perfect. Even still they are simply fantastic shots. But #3 is a real winner!

The Sandhill Cranes Build their nest in a wetland conservation area. There are Gators all around and the nest is surrounded by water that is a couple of feet deep.
There is no hope of doing any pruning of the vegetation. In fact there are only a couple of small spots that have a view of the nest.

Excellent shots Bill and thanks for sharing !!! Great shots and I like the innocence of #3

Hard to believe that something that small is going to grow up to be that big.....great series of shots.