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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Drive-by birding, 9-30

When I leave work in the evening, there are very few things that would make me want to do a U-turn. Home is where the heart is, and my time is very precious there.

But today, I nearly screeched my brakes as I caught a spectacular sight in a hayfield.

I had never seen so many sandhill cranes in one place! Counting from the picture, there were close to forty of them.

I had thought the sandhills were long gone by now. Maybe these came from further north in Canada.

The leaves on the trees in the background are deceptively green; everywhere else the forest is now aglow with orange and scarlet, crimson and yellow.
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2 comments:

  1. Lynne at Hasty BrookTuesday, September 30, 2008 5:53:00 PM

    I would have slammed on the brakes and made a u-ey too! I saw a flock of about 20 sandhill cranes flying along the Mississippi River near the MSP airport on Saturday. They seemed so out of place around the cities.

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  2. RuthieJThursday, October 02, 2008 9:25:00 PM

    That's so cool Deb! It's so neat to see them flying and I love the sounds they make too.

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