I'm fairly certain these are Sandhill Cranes. First, they have been seen in the Refuge. And they pretty much match the pictures on-line. Confidence is high.
Had a great morning at the Refuge. I arrived just after the gates opened. And I wasn't the first person there either. There were quite a few ahead of me, which I wasn't expecting. I live in a shell.
I wanted to get there early to catch the morning activities. I wasn't disappointed. Aside from the usual suspects, first time sights for me today were the Sandhill Cranes and a Broadwing Hawk. I also have more juvenile Eagle and Wood Duck photos. I have some photos of a take-off from the water (critter to be yet identified) and a Egret feeding. Good for the Egret, not so good for the fish. Well worth the effort to get up early.
So today's drive was much slower, I really took my time. Probably took 90 minutes to do the 6.5 miles - not including stops and one short distance trail hike. I was looking down in a culvert when these four caught my eye. They aren't as fast as the duck, so I had some time to recover and get these four in flight.
ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/1250 sec, 165 mm
The weather, according the Weather Channel said it was mostly sunny. I need to look up the definition of 'mostly'. I will say it was better lighting that last weekend.
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