Sandhill Cranes at Sunset

[Bo Zarts]

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
New Mexico - ©2024 Bo Zarts Studio

[cachukis]

1. Have three living in the pond off my patio.

[3catwoman3]

2. The charting room/doctors' office of the pediatric practice...

...where I worked had floor to ceiling windows that looked out on a wooded area of the hospital campus, and sandhill cranes often hung out there. If they'd be around when our patients were in the adjacent hallway, we'd bring them in that room to see these magnificent birds, who were taller than some of our younger patients. The kids loved it.

One day, while I was in that room eating my lunch, I heard what I though was someone knocking on the door. It was one of the cranes tapping its bill on the window!

It was interesting to learn that these gray birds often look brown because they groom themselves with mud.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. What a gorgeous composition!

Crystal clear image and lovely colors.