Sandhill Cranes
Feb 2, 2014 11:08:04 #
Great Jan, number three is my favorite!! All wonderful, hope you get to see that owl too. I have never seen one.
Feb 2, 2014 12:11:25 #
Excellent series! Sandhill Cranes are one of my favorites. Have not seen any in our area of Southern Oregon yet this winter but keeping my fingers crossed. :thumbup:
Feb 2, 2014 15:16:05 #
I love the composition in #1, but they all are very well done. Beautiful birds.
Feb 2, 2014 16:43:53 #
Feb 2, 2014 17:12:58 #
Carolina Wings wrote:
I was fortunate enough to locate the rare sight in this area of Sandhill Cranes while looking for a Snowy Owl! A great consolation prize...wouldn't you say? ;-)
Canon 7-D
Canon 300mm prime
ISO 400
Aperture f/5.6
Shutter Speed 1/1250
Canon 7-D
Canon 300mm prime
ISO 400
Aperture f/5.6
Shutter Speed 1/1250
Good set. Interesting and handsome birds. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Feb 2, 2014 19:53:09 #
Beautiful birds in a beautiful setting. Love these, Jan.
Carolina Wings wrote:
I was fortunate enough to locate the rare sight in this area of Sandhill Cranes while looking for a Snowy Owl! A great consolation prize...wouldn't you say? ;-)
Canon 7-D
Canon 300mm prime
ISO 400
Aperture f/5.6
Shutter Speed 1/1250
Canon 7-D
Canon 300mm prime
ISO 400
Aperture f/5.6
Shutter Speed 1/1250
Feb 2, 2014 19:55:57 #
Carolina Wings wrote:
I was fortunate enough to locate the rare sight in this area of Sandhill Cranes while looking for a Snowy Owl! A great consolation prize...wouldn't you say? ;-)
Canon 7-D
Canon 300mm prime
ISO 400
Aperture f/5.6
Shutter Speed 1/1250
Canon 7-D
Canon 300mm prime
ISO 400
Aperture f/5.6
Shutter Speed 1/1250
Great series,we get to see and shoot them at Sandy Ridge Res. sometimes.
Feb 2, 2014 19:58:15 #
Always good to keep your options open--one door locked, another open! Fantastic finds, don't tell them they were a second thought. I love that bright red around the eyes,added pop to otherwise browns and gray habitat.
Feb 2, 2014 23:01:03 #
Great Sandhill Crane Pictures and also checked out those bluebirds on your blog from the summer and they were really the best bluebird pictures I've seen. Curious; where do you take your pictures? PA or SC or from wherever?
Feb 2, 2014 23:07:54 #
waykee7
Loc: Cortez, Colorado
Good, solid work.
I caught part of a PBS program on Aldo Leopold a couple months ago. I think the nature conservancy owns his farm in Wisconsin, and they were interviewing a woman, who was either his daughter (a biologist) or the caretaker of the property, I wasn't sure. She said one morning she heard a sound coming from the wetlands that she'd never heard, but she knew instantly what they were: sandhills. They had returned after a long absence and apparently a bout with near-extinction. Aldo's writing had so accurately depicted the sound she recognized them!
I think there' a chapter in Sand County Almanac that's called Goose music. Along with geese, the sound of sandhills is one of the great musical symbols of wild nature.
I caught part of a PBS program on Aldo Leopold a couple months ago. I think the nature conservancy owns his farm in Wisconsin, and they were interviewing a woman, who was either his daughter (a biologist) or the caretaker of the property, I wasn't sure. She said one morning she heard a sound coming from the wetlands that she'd never heard, but she knew instantly what they were: sandhills. They had returned after a long absence and apparently a bout with near-extinction. Aldo's writing had so accurately depicted the sound she recognized them!
I think there' a chapter in Sand County Almanac that's called Goose music. Along with geese, the sound of sandhills is one of the great musical symbols of wild nature.
Feb 3, 2014 07:08:16 #
Feb 3, 2014 16:47:10 #
WOW!! These are awesome shots! Glad you were able to get something to photograph. Well worth the trip outdoors. I hope you will get that pic of a snowy owl. :D
Mar 10, 2014 09:07:40 #
sammywoody wrote:
Hard to pic a favorite of these nice shots...I guess #7
Thanks Sammy...really glad you liked it :-D
Mar 10, 2014 09:10:45 #
CliffC wrote:
How wonderful! Loved #3 and 7. Funny, what we get looking for what we want.
So true Cliff...and it was certainly a welcome surprise! I'm so glad you liked them :-D
Mar 10, 2014 09:12:56 #
Psergel wrote:
Very nice! We had a few of these guys in Albuquerque this year but not nearly as many as in the past.
Thank you Psergel...they're a first for me up here...although I did manage to capture some photos of them in South Carolina.
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