#sandhill crane
The other day I saw something I’ve never seen before- a Sandhill crane who was missing an eye.
This beauty is still able to carry on with normal crane life, visualized here with her guarding and feeding her very cute little chicks.
Her other eye is normal and functioning, and it seems her mate is happy to keep watch of her blind side for her.
Sandhill cranes mate for life so I hope this pair is able to raise many healthy colts together throughout the years. They seemed a lovely couple.
You simply cannot predict the length of these babies’ legs until you see them stand up
MigratingSandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) stop off at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, on their journey North.
photograph via: National Park Service
Getting in touch with their ancestors, I see.
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the cute little child of the duckling nabber from my last post (｡^ᴗ^ )
the lady who pointed it out to me said that last year’s chick only lasted a week before it disappeared, so I was very lucky to see this year’s chick!
Kind of amazed that I got these shots—a sandhill crane as it steals a duckling and is attacked by the duckling’s mother! I was very very lucky to have another birdwatcher point out that the cranes had a chick when I arrived at the lake, and then to be there taking photos of it when people started shouting “it took a duckling!”
Most of my shots ended up slightly out of focus in the commotion, but miraculously the first shot I got turned out great!
