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Is this a Whooping Crane?
Posted on 12/30/13 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 12/30/13 at 6:57 pm
Saw these birds on a farm today. It was about 600 yards from me so the picture is blurry but I believe they were Whooping Cranes. What do the bird experts say? There was a smaller bird with them but it looked like a Blue Heron.
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Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:04 pm to highcotton2
Oh, and what the hell kind of camera do you have to take photos at 600 yards?
Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:04 pm to highcotton2
I'm pretty sure you are right and they are Whooping Cranes. Very cool.
The dark patch at the base of the bill is pretty distinctive and the tail feathers are all wrong for a heron or egret or stork or ibis. And the neck looks right too. Where was this taken? This is the time of year for them to be on the move.
The dark patch at the base of the bill is pretty distinctive and the tail feathers are all wrong for a heron or egret or stork or ibis. And the neck looks right too. Where was this taken? This is the time of year for them to be on the move.
Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:06 pm to Priapus
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Yep
Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:10 pm to BRgetthenet
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How'd they taste?
Very very good.
Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:16 pm to BRgetthenet
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How'd they taste?
Not as good as bald eagle
Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:34 pm to Tigris
Picture was taken in Madison County AL with a Cannon T3i with a 100-400mm lens. Photo has been cropped so appears closer.
Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:52 pm to highcotton2
Yep.
Took the boy out to Wheeler a few weeks back and there were a couple groups of them mixed in with the thousands of Sandhills.
The guy in the Ultralight that leads a flock of them on migration has been here for the past week. I think they just flew out from Wheeler Saturday or yesterday
Took the boy out to Wheeler a few weeks back and there were a couple groups of them mixed in with the thousands of Sandhills.
The guy in the Ultralight that leads a flock of them on migration has been here for the past week. I think they just flew out from Wheeler Saturday or yesterday
Posted on 12/30/13 at 8:04 pm to Chris4x4gill2
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The guy in the Ultralight that leads a flock of them on migration has been here for the past week. I think they just flew out from Wheeler Saturday or yesterday
Yea that group has already left the area and they are all accounted for. These are a different set.
Posted on 12/30/13 at 8:15 pm to highcotton2
How rare are these? Are you going to have birders picking this up and flocking to the area?
Posted on 12/30/13 at 8:25 pm to highcotton2
Wematanye
Posted on 12/30/13 at 8:26 pm to highcotton2
Cool. I haven't gone out to see them, but I've seen the updates from outdoor Alabama about the one group out at wheeler.
Posted on 12/30/13 at 8:27 pm to wickowick
Birders are told not to put in specific locations for Whooping Cranes but listing the county is no problem. Even with a specific location I doubt that it would get overrun by birders. It's really not hard to see them at Aransas on the Texas coast. But to see them during the migration is pretty unusual.
Posted on 12/30/13 at 8:27 pm to wickowick
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How rare are these?
I have read that there are about 400 of these in the world.
Posted on 12/30/13 at 8:32 pm to highcotton2
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