Sentences with phrase «sandhill cranes»

It's 10 minutes from Baraboo but far enough out for sandhill cranes, tree frogs, turtles in the pond, deer, and other wildlife.

First of all, this pair of sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) photographed by Rick Derevan at California's Merced National Wildlife Refuge is incredible!

Two Lesser Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis canadensis) are seen in beautifully opposed stages of flapping.

Armadillos, badgers, great - horned owls, hog - nosed skunks, javelina, pronghorn antelope, porcupines, great blue herons, ruddy ducks, snapping turtles, turkey vultures, long - tailed weasels, marmots, mourning doves, red - tailed hawks, sandhill cranes and ringtails.

Artist Statement «Every spring, approximately 650,000 sandhill cranes depart their overwintering grounds from Arizona to Texas to migrate north.

There was some beautiful scenery north of here — a few beautiful ponds, interesting statues that people put by the road, and some wildlife (a fox and sandhill cranes).

Thousands of migrating sandhill cranes make the Hiwassee Refuge their home from late fall to early spring, and every November you have a chance to view them and join in the celebration!

Whether walking in the snow, meeting Lake Michigan, hearing the unique call of the sandhill cranes at the nearby field, greeting our neighbors, attending obedience class, welcoming guests to our home, riding in the car, playing with other dogs, chasing down a tennis ball, eating the garden's spent brussel sprouts and kohlrabi, learning the antagonistic ways of squirrels, or trying to curl up on our laps, Davey embraces life with a sense of wonder and enthusiasm that has renewed our own spirits.

Injured wild birds, such as sandhill cranes, are taken to the Audubon raptor center in Maitland.

Did You Know: Each spring, residents and visitors gather for the Crane Watch Festival to observe hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes as they travel north to their breeding grounds.

My favorite birds on our lake are the blue herons, sandhill cranes and we have a bald eagle.

For example, USGS scientists sent their drones to spy on — and count — sandhill cranes as they migrated through the San Luis Valley of Colorado in 2009.

The cluster includes majestic tundra swans and red - faced sandhill cranes, along with green - wing teals, lesser scaups, pintails, northern shovelers, widgeons, and the ubiquitous green - necked mallards.

A new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications tests this using the results of more than thirty years of surveys of the Rocky Mountain population of Sandhill Cranes.

Sandhill Cranes from the Rocky Mountain population have been monitored annually for over thirty years.

I've watched sandhill cranes court outside my office window and seen them later shepherding their growing chicks.

Migrating Sandhill Cranes Swoop Through Chicago - CBS Chicago - December 9, 2016 Celeste Troon is the Curator and Director of Living Collections at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago.

Fauna includes an American black bear, otters, alligators, bobcats, Florida panthers, tortoises, freshwater turtles, geese, swans, sandhill cranes, blue - beaked ducks, flamingos, bald eagles, golden eagles, owls, peacocks, macaws, and iguanas.

Mass Audubon's annual photo contest, Picture This: Your Great Outdoors, attracted photographers who entered more than 2,000 images.The Grand Prize winner was Ken Lee of Watertown, who won for his striking photograph of a sandhill crane taken near Mass Audubon's Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary in Rowley.

Biologists noticed that eggs watched by their parents — or even by foster sandhill crane parents — hatched more successfully than eggs in the incubators.

In 2010, the Center for Biological Diversity completed a 1,145 - page, peer - reviewed petition to protect 404 Southeast aquatic species under the Endangered Species Act, including the Florida sandhill crane; MacGillivray's seaside sparrow; Alabama map turtle; hellbender salamander; Black warrior waterdog; rabbitsfoot, sheepnose and spectaclecase mussels; Cape Sable orchid; and Eastern black rail.

The sandhill crane population was seriously depleted due to hunting in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but now it is the world's most abundant crane species.

May 18 (UPI)-- A stand - off between an alligator and a sandhill crane in Florida ended with the gator chickening out and being chased away by the bird.

The results, collated year by year, offer a window on trends in the abundance and range of species ranging from the snow bunting to the sandhill crane.

But this sandhill crane takes the cake, look at that crazy kung fu move!

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The city is the self - proclaimed Sandhill Crane Capital of the World due to the crane migration, which brings millions of dollars to the area each year from tourists.

The city is the self - proclaimed Sandhill Crane Capital of the World due to the crane migration, which brings millions of dollars to the area each year from tourists.