We have seen a lot of different animals around our house; moose, deer, racoons, chipmunks, fox, hawks, and quite a bit more.
This evening I was letting Jasper out onto the deck when I heard a very distinct call. It took me a few calls to really believe what I was hearing. A Sandhill Crane was somewhere up in our neighborhood.
I took a ton of pictures last May of a pair of cranes and their little colt.All of those were down in the swampy area where the cranes belong. We live about 600 feet higher, up on a small mountain. There's no water and no swamp, just a bunch of scrub oaks.
Sure enough, there he was.
It was hard to get nice shots between all the trees and my wobbly hands. Hand holding a 500mm lens is a bit of a challenge.
After calling over and over for about 30 minutes, he finally took off.
I hope he found a much more suitable place to hang out.
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I am SO jealous! What a bird for your yard list!
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