unstained – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

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.