Wisconsin Cranes

Wisconsin Cranes Date: March to November, 2008 Locality: 1) Dane, Juneau, Sauk and Wood Counties, Wisconsin Camera Equipment: Canon Digital Rebel, Nikon CoolPix L3, Canon 28-105 3.5-4.5 II USM lens, Canon 100-400 IS Lens, Canon EW-63II Lens Hood Sandhill Cranes My first pair of Sandhill Cranes in Wisconsin. In a open field in eastern Dane County. The pair is giving a call. The male is on the right and the female on the left. You can tell by their head position. Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Some bowing during the dance. Sandhill Cranes Giving a low bowing display during the dance. Sandhill Cranes In a near by cornfield. Sandhill Cranes One of many Sandhill Cranes at Sandhil l Wildlife Area in Wood County. Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes On a nest! Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes A body-wing shaking display or maybe a neck retracted submissive posture? Hummmm.... Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Whooping Cranes The pair that claimed Sandhill Wildlife Area. Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes A wild Sandhill Crane visiting Crane City. Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Sandhills in a crop field in Sauk County. Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Whooping Cranes A tour of Necedah NWR. Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes A roosting site at Sandhill Wildlife Area. It is also a staging spot for fall migration. Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes From the observation tower at Necedah NWR, you can see the OM pilots practice flying with the ultralite birds. Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Sandhill Cranes Whooping Cranes WCEP Whooping Cranes getting read for fall migration. Whooping Cranes 2006 Chick The bird in the foreground is W1-06, the only wild-hatched whooping crane in the Wisconsin-Florida population. Muskrat Lodge Whooping Cranes Whooping Crane Whooping Crane My Crane year started with a pair of Sandhills and ended with a pair of Whoopers.