Sandhill Cranes

Description:

Large elegant birds. These cranes were feeding at the edge of town.

Notes:

The Sandhill Crane flies south for the winter. In their wintering areas they form flocks of over 10,000 birds. One place to observe this is at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, 100 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. There is an annual Sandhill Crane Festival in November. My wife and I also visited this refuge last year.