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Grus Japonensis
Mandschuren Kranich / Manchurian Crane
Enclosrue
Zoo Vienna
Spotted on Jul 31, 2012
Submitted on Jul 31, 2012
3 Comments
You are quite welcome. I'm enjoying your photography very much!
oh! yes you're right ... thanks for telling - i havent noticed ... of course i'll change that ...
Martin,
The second shot is indeed a Common Crane (also known as Eurasian Crane, Grus grus), but the first one is a Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis). The third one is probably a Red-crowned Crane chick. You should break these into two spottings, one for Red-crowned Crane, and the other for Common Crane. Nice photos. Thanks for being involved in Project Noah!