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Antigone canadensis
A large North American species of crane. Adults are grey overall with red foreheads, white cheeks, and long, dark, pointed bills. Sexes are alike. Immatures birds have reddish-brown upperparts and gray underparts (seen in pics 3 and 5).
Spotted at the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge.
Sandhill cranes are social birds and live in pairs or groups throughout the year. There was at least 9 total in this group (pic 6).
Spotted on Nov 19, 2021
Submitted on Dec 13, 2021
3 Comments
Thanks for the kind comments armadeus.4 and danielcas422.
the cranes are beautiful
Lovely series. I hope to see these beautiful birds one day. Thank you for sharing Brian 🙂