The Dance 

Cat tails 

Pair in flight 

Early arrivals. In an hour the field was packed with thousands of birds. 

There are over 60 deer in the back field. Perhaps the deer have figured out that they can feed in peace behind an endagered species.  

Incoming 

Photography Adventure: Sandhill Cranes

There are times in your life when you pause, look around you, and are spellbound by the beauty that surrounds you. Wildlife photography fosters just such occasions. In November each year, wildlife photographers, birdwatchers, and Sandhill Cranes descended upon Northern Indiana. Each evening the cranes congragate in a field in the Jasper-Pulaski fish and wildlife area. They socialize and dance while raising a fantastic rucous noise before heading back out to their various roosting marshes.

Here are a couple links where you can learn more about the Sandhill Cranes:

http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/publications/scranes.htm

Michigan Sandhill Crane site:
http://www.michiganaudubon.org/bakersanctuary/crane.htm

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