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Sandhill Cranes

Grus canadensis

Photo by ceherzog
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27.3364, -82.5307

Field Notes

Description:

Tall, gray-bodied, crimson-capped birds breed in open wetlands, fields, and prairies across North America. Colts are about a week old.

Habitat:

The wetland where they were born in a gated subdivision in eastern Sarasota County. These birds nest in many retention ponds here.

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