Female Sandhill Crane
by Dale Kauzlaric
Title
Female Sandhill Crane
Artist
Dale Kauzlaric
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
Female Sandhill Crane by Dale Kauzlaric -- I went out the other evening and ended up in a park overlooking Lake Wausau located in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. This park is overrun by geese. This is a small park and there are probably 200 geese using it. As I looked around, I noticed a pair of sandhill cranes. Sandhill cranes are very large, tall birds with a long neck, long legs, and very broad wings. The female crane is slightly shorter than the male. The body tapers into a slender neck; the short tail is covered by drooping feathers that form a “bustle.” Sandhills are typically gray birds, but these two have a lot of brown feathers on the upper body. Adults have a pale cheek and red feathers on the crown. I have seen this pair of cranes here before. Apparently their nest was destroyed or their young did not survive, as I have never seen any young cranes with them.
Resident cranes are relatively new in Wisconsin. We never use to see or hear them here. Now, probably for the last fifteen years or so, they have found Wisconsin to be suitable habitat. They have a loud raucous call that can be heard a mile or more away. Once you hear them, their call is unmistakable, almost prehistoric. -- dalekphotography.com
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August 7th, 2018
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