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Preening Sandhill Cranes

Grus cancadensis

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Field Notes

Description:

Long-legged birds brown to grey with a red cap on part of their head.

Habitat:

Praries and fields. (must have a little space for landing)

Notes:

They did not want to stand upright for me, too busy preening!

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Comments (3)
CoastalJHawk
Very nice photos! I see you even had a White Ibis there also.
LaurieVanOstrand
very pretty. I see these here in MN in the summer. I have had two fly by's but have not seen them on the ground this yr. Very distict call as they fly overhead. One was a group of three, 2nd time was a group of six!

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Cranes of Eastern USA
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PublishedJune 6, 2011

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