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Sandhill Cranes

Grus canadensis

Photo by p.young713
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Field Notes

Description:

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/sandhill_crane/id
Mother and father with young bird

Habitat:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withlacoochee_State_Forest
Pine forest- These birds are usually in meadows and near lakes, I have seen a lot of these wild birds this year.

Notes:

The rangers put water for these birds to drink .

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Comments (18)
p.young713
Mitch Ray will know he is a Biologist Graduate. ;)
NicoleB
Or maybe they just don't like SouthAmerica :D
p.young713
There are several knowledgeable people on here such as MitchRey and Caroline that may know more about this! :)
p.young713
They claim its a mystery? I think they either have not been spotted? Or it has something to do with crossing the water or maybe there are a lot of predators in that region?
NicoleB
Interesting! :D Wonder why not :)
p.young713
Nicole your right, I got a link there's several species in Africa and Europe, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_%28bird%29 But no cranes in South America.
NicoleB
Not the ones from Africa, nope. :) Too much water. Those guys go the other direction, Europe and such.
p.young713
I wonder if those birds migrate to US ? Or South America?
NicoleB
NoNo, the birds are there :) Just not many people recording them 'Birders' :-) Most birds down there only come through on migration though.
p.young713
Oh that's very interesting! I wonder why there are not many birds there? I notice these birds like fresh water marshs and lakes. They roost in trees and in the mornings fly to the nearby water supply and then eat bugs in fields, meadows and cow pastures. Then at the end of the day they go to roost in the tall pine trees.
NicoleB
Checked. It was a Common Crane. I don't know how common or uncommon they are down there (South Sinai). Sadly, the birding community there is tiny :/
NicoleB
I would have to check what crane it was. It was only one and during migration. Maybe he thought, he's a stork? :)
p.young713
Thank You. I did not know they are also in Egypt? There are a lot of them here in Florida. :)
NicoleB
Wonderful spotting! I love cranes, only got to see one from far away in Egypt (hiding - or trying to hide) between storks) :D
p.young713
Hi, Emma, Yes they must stand around 4 feet tall, almost as tall as me! LOL
HemaShah
These seem tall! Quite big birds!

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PublishedAugust 13, 2011

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