Sandhill Crane in Flight
by Priscilla Burgers
Title
Sandhill Crane in Flight
Artist
Priscilla Burgers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This sandhill crane is flying from the corn fields at Bernardo Wildlife Management Area in New Mexico to the pond where he 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 this crane. He was one of thousands of sandhill cranes at Bernardo and nearby Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.
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Comments (178)
Alex Mir
Congratulations, Priscilla! Your outstanding photo is now featured in the 100 Favorite group! Fav
Kathy M Krause
Fantastic capture of this beautiful crane Priscilla! Love the colors and textures! L/F
Anita Faye
Priscilla, sensationally captured Sandhill Crane! Featured on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Jilian Cramb - AMothersFineArt
Congratulations your work is featured on the homepage of the Pixels/FAA Group Beauty in Art! 5/12/17 - Please share your Feature in our Feature's Discussion thread! Tweeting!
William Tasker
Absolutely stunning, Priscilla! Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World. L/F
Don Columbus
Congratulations Priscilla, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Pamela Williams
This fabulous piece of art that has been featured on the Art District home page. Congrats for this awesome accomplishment! Please archive your work in the groups "Feature Archives & Thank You Thread"...Pamela
Steve Dunsford
Beautiful Image! I spent some time at the Bosque del Apache a couple times and loved it when the cranes took off at first sunlight!
Greta Corens
CONGRATULATIONS! Your stunning image is now featured in the "A PARADISE OF BIRDS" theme of the highly viewed SENSATIONAL ANIMALS group. You are invited to promote this image on the discussion thread. http://fineartamerica.com/groups/sensational-animals-.html?tab=overview
Susan Garren
I didn't realize how big of birds they are...till saw some. Fantastic shot...Priscilla Burgers.
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