Last week I visited Creamer's Field during their
sandhill crane festival. Two times a year migratory birds visit Creamer's Field on their way north at the start of summer and on their way back south again before winter sets in. In this photo there are a lot of Canada geese, sandhill cranes are in the back right. An aside: Creamer's Field is the northernmost place I know of that has woodchucks.
More action in this photo. A few sandhill cranes are coming in for touch down. Their annual migration takes them from Alaska to Nebraska (or further south) each year. These feathered dinosaurs must have an amazing view of the world. This scene is begging for quality close-up shots.
A pair of sandhill cranes in flight. Large migrating flocks of birds fly in V-formations, chevron patterns in the sky that improve their efficiency over long distances.
Speaking of migration, another spectacular scene is
migrating rays in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by Sandra Critelli.
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