Where is the Private Beach?
Where is the Private Beach? This Great Blue Heron might think it’s quite of the humans to make a private beach just for him.
Sandhill Crane on Center Island
Sandhill Crane on Center Island Sandhills seem to adapt well to their environment. They are very smart birds. A nesting pair was standing along the road as I went by. They waited for the traffic to clear, then crossed two lanes of a four lane highway to the center island. This image was captured after I made a U-turn and headed back. They were in no hurry to cross the other two lanes and seemed quite at ease with cars passing by.
Sandhill Crane
Sandhill Crane Every os often on my walkabouts, I’ll see a Sandhill Crane. Every year a nesting pair comes back to a small lake along my walkabout path. Still, they stay pretty much in a secluded part of the lake so sightings are rare. In this image, the light is pretty hard since it was captured midday. Still nice to see them make their home nearby.
Sandhill Cranes are Back!
Sandhill Cranes are Back! Not only are they back, but they should soon be out walking with juveniles.
Sandhills over the Platte
Sandhills over the Platte Every year from mid February to the first of April, most of the planet’s Sandhill Cranes converge on stretch of the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. The gathering represents the closest thing to the Serengeti we have in the lower 48. More than 500,00 Sandhills stop on the Platte to rest and gain weight on their flight from southern USA and Mexico to Canada, Alaska, and Siberia.
Although I can’t go this year, I’ll continue to look forward for next year’s gathering. Yep, nothing like being ready to capture images at o’dark thirty along a bend in the Platte River. At first light, the Sandhills lift off the river to eat in nearby corn fields. They take flight in groups of hundreds; even thousands, even 10,000s, at one time.
Sandhill Crane
This Sandhill Crane may be wondering: Where’s the snow? It’s February; where’s the snow?
Sandhill Crane
Sandhill Crane Yep, the Sandhill Crane nesting pair is back on the lake along my walkabout path. Actually, I’m not sure they ever really left this year. For all the Sandhill Crane lovers, don’t forget about the 500,00+ Sandhills coming to the Platte River in mid March.
Sandhill Crane
This Sandhill Crane and its mate were just grazing in the grass as I walked by on my walkabout tonight.
Hank Conrad © 2023
