A Sandhill Crane Colt Shadowing her Mom
Although I went to Florida to photograph sandhill cranes, and many other birds as well, I could also stay home and photograph them in eastern Washington during the Othello Sandhill Crane Festival, or across the border in Langley, British Colombia at Reifel Bird Sanctuary.
The sanctuary is where I saw and photographed this particular one and it’s one of my go-to spots to photograph eagles, herons, harriers and many others.
Sandhill cranes are larger than our local Great Blue Herons but even so, they can easily be mistaken for herons, as one was when it was photographed in Sequim a few years ago.
Personally, haven’t seen them locally, but the one photographed appeared to be an orphan that was wise enough to connect with another species in order to survive…sort of a foster child, I suppose. So if you think birds are bird-brained, think again!
Beautiful!
Yes, they were and such a joy to shoot!