Meet the Sandhill Cranes

dallas

A few Sandhill cranes that you may enjoy.

BrettG

And enjoy them I did

That last one really made me laugh.

Osprey Whisperer

Denny Crane. Nice set William. Love the noise these birds make when they fly overhead.

ginger_55

They are lovely birds!

I don't have any! They are really gorgeous, and you captured them well.

ginger

Tess32

Beautiful shots. I like that you have covered many angles and behaviours so I can get a real sense of the bird, and also sense that the photographer really SAW the bird. Really nice work

Harryb

Excellent set William. I love that second shot.

Ric Grupe

That second shot would look real nice hanging on my wall!!!

An extremely satisfying pleasure for the eyes. I love it.

TomaS

Very nice! Is that a mating dance in #2? These guys/gals come to this area in the spring, but I do not remember seeing such strong colors on them.

The protraits in the last two are also excellent. Beautiful details.

saurora

Beautiful birds and what a great series!!!

dallas

BrettG wrote:

And enjoy them I did

That last one really made me laugh.

Thanks Brett....... always leave them laughing

dallas

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

Denny Crane. Nice set William. Love the noise these birds make when they fly overhead. <honk rattle honk rattle honk rattle> <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

Thank you Mike, unfortunately I couldn't get a good flying shot, but I have heard them make that great sound. : :

dallas

ginger_55 wrote:

They are lovely birds!

I don't have any! They are really gorgeous, and you captured them well.

ginger

Thanks Ginger : :

dallas

Tess32 wrote:

Beautiful shots. I like that you have covered many angles and behaviours so I can get a real sense of the bird, and also sense that the photographer really SAW the bird. Really nice work

Thank you Tess, it was exciting to be up close and personal with these birds. I've never been around them, and was supprised they allowed me in so close, about two feet! I was with them about an hour, so we became friends. Also I have a few more which I will post later at the risk of boring people with more of the same.

dallas

Harryb wrote:

Excellent set William. I love that second shot.

Thanks Harry, I agree #2 is nice.

dallas

TomaS wrote:

Very nice! Is that a mating dance in #2? These guys/gals come to this area in the spring, but I do not remember seeing such strong colors on them.

The protraits in the last two are also excellent. Beautiful details.

Thanks ThomaS, I don't know about their color, because I haven't seen here is So. Cal, but they are beautiful. : :

dallas

saurora wrote:

Beautiful birds and what a great series!!!

Thank you, Saurora

dallas

Ric Grupe wrote:

That second shot would look real nice hanging on my wall!!!

An extremely satisfying pleasure for the eyes. I love it.

Thank you very much Ric, most likely I will frame that to hang on my wall. : : :

Cinda

Great, great, just great. Amazing birds.

There were two in the field behind my daughter's apt. in WI every a.m., but they were about 1/4 mile away. Even w/my 100-400, I couldn't get a good shot.

You're the Best!

LCD

Wonderful series!!
Especially liked the first, and the last brought a smile.

Lisa

Thusie

Super seriesthumb

jwear

nice so something finally came to the pond you know i hate to agree and 2 is nice but i really like the background and the framing in one -it really helps show the bird --you been getting some miles

dallas

Cinda wrote:

Great, great, just great. Amazing birds.

There were two in the field behind my daughter's apt. in WI every a.m., but they were about 1/4 mile away. Even w/my 100-400, I couldn't get a good shot.

You're the Best!

Thanks Cinda, on your next opportunity keep trying, and walk up to them slowly, they don't seem to mind.

dallas

LCD wrote:

Wonderful series!!
Especially liked the first, and the last brought a smile.

Lisa

Thanks Lisa, the first one was very pretty to me as well. It however, seems to be missing on my computer, does any one know where it went?

dallas

Thusie wrote:

Super seriesthumb

Thanks Thusie, I keep trying.....:): :

dallas

jwear wrote:

nice so something finally came to the pond you know i hate to agree and 2 is nice but i really like the background and the framing in one -it really helps show the bird --you been getting some miles

Does that mean you think I'm nice, because the only things that has come to the pond lately is me However, I did see a single Osprey there on Friday, and the Hawk, so maybe we'll see more birds soon. Even though #1 seems to be missing (at least from my computer) I like it a lot, but #2 is probably my favorite. I've been traveling a lot lately, but I may be around for a while, at least until the fall. Hope to see you, and Ben out there soon. : :

Dick on Aruba

Beatiful series, well done!

I would clone the bottom-left corner out in the 2nd pic.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.