Photos by Dave Kemp
Sandhill Cranes heading south in B.C.
These flocks of southward migrating Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) were photographed by my west coast friend and naturalist Dave Kemp, on Vancouver Island. There were almost 70 birds in total in these photos. They will have come from as far north as the Aleutian Islands and arctic Canada after summering on grasslands. Now they are headed south to marshes and agricultural fields in southern Canada, the mid-west United States, and as far south as the Caribbean north shore.
Photo at left courtesy
of the Reifel Sanctuary
in Ladner, B.C.
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BarrytheBirder
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