Nesting Sandhill Crane
by Daniel Hebard
Title
Nesting Sandhill Crane
Artist
Daniel Hebard
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
This nesting crane landed right next to me following one of our daily spring snow/rain storms as I was surveying the meadow near my house in the afternoon last week. Normally shy and wary this creature did not appeared concerned by presence and allowed me to make a large series of images displaying different postures while looking at me.
A pleasure to watch and listen the Greater Sandhill Cranes have returned to the meadows of Elk Mountain and the Elk River Valley. Thanks to their classification as an endangered species in the 30�s by the 60�s or 70�s the population of Sandhill Cranes has swelled substantially. We are fortunate in the Yampa Valley to have seen this resurgence. The number of mating pairs raring young has grown exponentially. They are one of the largest birds in the world. Although shy they are often photographed at a distance by the trained bird watcher, and patient photographer.
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June 2nd, 2015
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Comments (3)
Jane Gatward
Beautiful shot Daniel, he looks like he is posing especially for you!! Great composition and lovely soft colours. L/F
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Daniel Hebard replied:
Thank you for the feature on this picture John. I really appreciate your support.