Wild-life photos

[BPSabelhaus]

What kind of bird is that?

This guy was hanging out on my window. He was part of a very loud chorus on a muggy rainy night.

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Sandhill crane.

 

[Lucy]

Sandhill crane.

Oh, Cool! I heard them a while ago when they migrated. (ID'd them with the Merlin app)
They were so near I thought they were way in my back yard.

Never did see them. Musta been back in the woods somewhere, they look so big, how could I miss them!
Disappointing.

 

[Rusty_Shackleford]

 

[kansas]

I saw my first sandhill in central Wisco in the mid-80s. Now they are so common I see them in town.

There's an undeveloped part of the southern Wisconsin River where I see or hear cranes every time I go out there. Once in a while I see that dance they're known for.

Once I saw a flock of maybe 75 over a lake in Madison.