Sandhill Cranes in Flight #2
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Sandhill Cranes in Flight #2
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Art - Photo Painting
Description
SANDHILL CRANES IN FLIGHT by PRISCILLA BURGERS
These sandhill cranes are flying from the corn fields at Bernardo Wildlife Management Area in New Mexico to the pond where they will spend the night. The Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia. The common name of this bird references habitat like that at the Platte River, on the edge of Nebraska's Sandhills on the American Plains. This is the most important stopover area for the subspecies, the Lesser Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis canadensis), with up to 450,000 of these birds migrating through annually. Sandhill cranes are fairly social birds that are usually encountered in pairs or family groups through the year. During migration and winter, non-related cranes come together to form "survival groups" which forage and roost together. Such groups often congregate at migration and winter sites, sometimes resulting in thousands of cranes being found together. Such was the case with these cranes. They were just two of thousands of sandhill cranes at Bernardo and nearby Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
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FAA Featured Photo:
New Mexico Land of Enchantment Group - 1/27/2016
FAA Featured Photo:
USA Photographers ONLY Group - 9/15/2016
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January 26th, 2016
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