Photo from yesterday afternoon: 73 cranes flew over my house.
73 kurkea pihan yllä eilen iltapäivällä.
Highly Pathogenic Avian #Influenza A(#H5N1) #Outbreak in Endangered #Cranes, Izumi Plain, #Japan, 2022–23, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-ah5n1.html
#cranes but not the construction kind, even tho they do a darn good impression ....
I'm still working my way through my pictures from the March 13 sunset and look what I found. Sandhill cranes in silhouette.
March 13, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
Right now, the Sandhill Cranes are moving back to fields adjacent to the Platte River. At and just after sunset, they'll fly from those fields into the Platte to overnight. I watched them last Monday & Tuesday evening, and it was mighty impressive. We're past peak, but you can still see and hear flocks fly in the distance. It should get better around 8pm CDT. I'll post some of my own vids from last week soon. In the meantime, #CraneCam is good to watch right after sunset when the cranes come in; and just after sunrise when they slowly leave the river.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDYrRVUPWRo
A couple more twilight sandhill crane photos from last Friday on the Benstein boardwalk.
March 14, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
#TilesOnTuesday :
Earthenware Tile, c. 1875
Design by CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (British, 1834-1904)
Manufactured by MINTON (British, Stoke-on-Trent)
On display at Metropolitan Museum of Art (1991.110.2)
“Highly stylized and executed in a striking blue and white, Dresser's elegant design captures his dedication to the study of Japanese decorative arts. The bright moon behind the dancing #cranes creates an otherworldly, almost mystical atmosphere.”
#BirdsInArt
Twilight crane.
A sandhill crane flying low above a wetland after sunset.
March 14, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
New addition! Black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) #AfricanBirds | #BlackCrownedCrane #BalearicaPavonina | #CrownedCranes #Cranes #CraneFamily
: Photo by ZeeCee
#birdsoftheworld #birds
Another sandhill crane at sunset tonight.
March 14, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.