sandhill cranes at Bosque del Apache
Nov 23, 2013 12:03:57 #
Nov 23, 2013 14:22:31 #
Good photos. I have seen them taking off and it seems they are not designed to fly long distances. What do you know?
Nov 23, 2013 14:50:05 #
Nov 24, 2013 06:09:42 #
Nov 24, 2013 11:16:37 #
Bubu wrote:
Good photos. I have seen them taking off and it seems they are not designed to fly long distances. What do you know?
Well, given that they winter from NM to Florida, California, and the Gulf coastvand breed in Canada to to he upper taiga, I guess they somehow "muddle their way through" such distances! It is awesome to hear their characteristic harsh calls muted to almost inaudibilty and look up and search for a long time until finding them as barelY discernible specks with 12x binoculars...how high? Gotta be several thousands of feet....Higher, anyway, than I ever see geese! Just my subjective opinion; never objectively quantitated the height!
Dave in SD
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Nov 24, 2013 11:18:03 #
Straight Shooter wrote:
Nice work, #2 is especially good on download.
Thanks, S.S.,
Dave
Nov 24, 2013 12:53:41 #
Uuglypher wrote:
last January. Sony A77 with Tamron 200-500.
Dave in SD
Dave in SD
really nice photos!
I made a trip to Baraboo, Wisconsin recently to the HQ of the International Crane Foundation. They have pairs of all 14 species of cranes and allow you to walk thru and have a chance to photo all of them.
If you are really interested in them ( cranes) you may find the info at this site helpful and or interesting.
https://www.savingcranes.org/sandhill-crane.html
Nov 24, 2013 19:48:15 #
Nov 25, 2013 00:43:49 #
Uuglypher wrote:
last January. Sony A77 with Tamron 200-500.
Dave in SD
Dave in SD
The last one is a ripper imho :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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