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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Migrating Sandhill Cranes


I have been reading that birders in northern Colorado have been seeing a number of flocks of migrating Sandhill Cranes for the past week or so. One recent report was of a very large flock of close to a thousand birds. In addition to the single bird that stayed for a few days in the Canon City area in September, I had heard one small flock flying quite high.

Today, while birding on the Riverwalk, I heard the very distinctive cackling of Sandhill Cranes followed in short order by a flock of 44 birds flying in a "V" formation to the south. This photo is of that flock.

Read more about Sandhill Cranes here.

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