“A Migration Story”
Last week near Kearney, Nebraska on the Platte River with the migrating sandhill cranes (about 700,00 in this area when I was there). I was overnighting in a blind when this storm approached from the west.
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Thousands of Sandhill Cranes in view now on Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary Crane Camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDYrRVUPWRo

I'm greatly looking forward to my first-ever visit, coming up real soon. Hope the cranes are still there.

One-legged wonder.

March 10, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.

Saturday sandhill -- My father-in-law and I spotted quite a few sandhill cranes wading the shallows during our Saturday drive through Kensington Metropark.

March 8, 2025. Milford, Michigan

“Crane in Sunrise Light” — A lesser sandhill crane flies into the sunrise light, Central Valley.

Several things had to come together for this photograph of a lesser sandhill crane to work. Obviously, the bird had to fly above me at a relatively low height. That’s not as simple as it sounds, as cranes usually divert to avoid flying over people. The light was also special — it was the warmly colored light just after sunrise, when the sun is low enough to illuminate the underside of the bird. On top of that, the bird was flying toward the sun, so the light hits it almost head-on, while appears as side light from the camera position…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/03/05/crane-in-sunrise-light/

“Sandhill Crane Flying Low” — A lesser sandhill crane flies low above a Central Valley field.

I had been trying to find the right time to head to California’s Central Valley to photograph migratory birds again. I was last there around New Year’s Day, but since then various things have kept me away — mostly that the times I ‘ve been free were the times when my favorite foggy conditions were not in place. I finally gave up on waiting and went on a sunny day. After all, many of the migratory birds will only be there for a few more weeks!…continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2025/03/01/sandhill-crane-flying-low/

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Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma, United States on November 2, 2023

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2023Nov02_SaltPlainsNWR/2023nov02_crane_IMG_7693c.html

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