Sandhill Cranes: from Colorado to New Mexico

  I took the above photo of a large flock of Sandhill Cranes as they flew over my house a week ago. I took the other two photos of Sandhill ...

Sandhill Cranes take off to continue migration

I first found these cranes on March 10 (first day birding for several days as I had been out of town) and I watched them take off yesterday ...

Family of Sandhill Cranes--video of them feeding

These short video clips show the family of 4 Sandhill Cranes in the Canon City, CO area that made a stop-over from their migration north to ...

A few Sandhill Cranes stop-over to feed

I spotted 4 Sandhill Cranes foraging in an agricultural field on the east side of Canon City today. Migrating Sandhill Cranes fly over this...

Flashdance...oh what a feeling

At times I could almost head Irene Cara belting out Flashdance as she leaped into the air with Sandhill Cranes. These birds were just as sk...

Hey baby do you wanna dance

These Sandhill Cranes were really 'kicking up their heals'. It is interesting the moves they make. Note the bird in the bottom pic ...

Celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music

The Sandhill Cranes have been returning most every day to these agricultural fields only a few miles from where I live. Their exuberance is...

Cranes a-dancin'

These were some of a flock of about 15 Sandhill Cranes that used a local agricultural field in the Canon City area for a migration stop-over...

Migrating Sandhill Cranes

Sandhill Cranes are migrating south across Colorado and these are a few of those that I saw during my trip yesterday to the La Junta area. ...

Sandhill Cranes fly over

Sandhill Cranes are migrating north to their breeding grounds including a population found in the interior West. I first heard (as usual) t...

Thousands of Sandhill Cranes line the fields adacent to H87--more west Texas fun

The very top pic shows a crane beginning a leap up while flapping it's wings. Though often associated with dances of breeding behavior,...

Crane Magic

I drove down to the La Junta,CO area today and was rewarded both by a gorgeous Indian summer day and some enjoyable birding including flocks...

Sandhill Cranes in W.Texas: video clips

These are just two short video clips I video-scoped (video taken with my point and shoot camera that I handhold up to my spotting scope) in ...

Cranes snowstorm stopover

Much of Colorado has been in the grip of a significant snowstorm for the past 3 days. I took this pic of part of a flock of 80-90 Sandhill ...