Sandhill Crane – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Dreaming of Sandhill Cranes

By Mia McPherson|January 29th, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Sandhill Cranes|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, autumn, calling, calls, crane, cranes, grasses, male, Sandhill Crane, valley, wetlands|

Last night I only had dreams about Sandhill Cranes but it won't be long before I will be seeing and hearing them for real. I can barely wait.

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Pair of Sandhill Cranes in the Centennial Valley

By Mia McPherson|September 16th, 2014|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Sandhill Cranes|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, calling, crane, cranes, dancing, displaying, female, field, grasses, male, mated pair, molting, pair, pair bond, sagebrush, Sandhill Crane, summer, valley, wetlands|

I was delighted to find quite a few Sandhill Cranes in the Centennial Valley of Montana last week and this pair was close enough to photograph.

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Sandhill Crane and a stormy sky

By Mia McPherson|August 27th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, breeding season, crane, cranes, flight, flying, mountains, Sandhill Crane, sandhills, spring, stormy sky|

In March of this year I spent several days photographing Sandhill Cranes in southern Utah where the light and the weather could rapidly change.

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Sandhill Crane In Flight

By Mia McPherson|March 31st, 2014|Categories: Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, clouds, crane, cranes, flight, flying, Sandhill Crane, sandhills, sky|

I am keeping it simple this morning with a lone Sandhill Crane in flight over Wayne County that I photographed about two weeks ago while in southern Utah.

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Sandhill Crane Delight

By Mia McPherson|March 17th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, clouds, cloudy, crane, cranes, flight, flying, mountains, Sandhill Crane, sky, Thousand Lake Mountain|

I am back from wandering, camping and photographing in several counties in southern Utah where I was delighted to find some Sandhill Cranes to photograph in Wayne County, Utah.

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Stained and Unstained Sandhill Cranes

By Mia McPherson|September 26th, 2013|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, crane, cranes, freshly molted, grasses, marsh, plumage, sagebrush, Sandhill Crane, stained, unstained, wildflowers|

A few days ago I saw quite a few Sandhill Cranes starting at just past the Visitors Center for Bear River National Wildlife Refuge, in one of the farmer's fields I saw 11 of them feeding in the freshly tilled soil.

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I have Montana’s birds on my mind

By Mia McPherson|April 14th, 2013|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red-tailed Hawks, Sandhill Cranes, Swainson's Hawks|Tags: Antigone canadensis, birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo swainsoni, cranes, hawks, juvenile, nature, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Swainson's Hawk|

This time of the year I start dreaming about the Centennial Valley of Montana and of the birds that call the valley home during the summer.

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Sandhill Crane at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

By Mia McPherson|November 25th, 2012|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Sandhill Cranes|Tags: 2.5 million years old, adult, Antigone canadensis, bird photography, crane, cranes, living fossil, marshes, Miocene period, Sandhill Crane, summer, valley, wetlands|

So, each time we see or hear Sandhill Cranes we are listening to and looking at a real living fossil.

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Coming Soon to a view near U(tah)

By Mia McPherson|March 3rd, 2011|Categories: American Avocets, American White Pelicans, Antelope Island State Park, Double-crested Cormorants, Loggerhead Shrikes, Long-billed Curlews, Salt Lake County, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: American Avocet, American White Pelican, Antigone canadensis, avocets, cormorants, cranes, curlews, Double-crested Cormorant, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike, Long-billed Curlew, Nannopterum auritus, Numenius americanus, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, pelicans, Recurvirostra americana, Sandhill Crane, shrikes, spring previews, spring time|

These are just a small selection of the cast and characters of the upcoming Spring Season

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