#cranes

[hisiheyah]

As the leaves on the trees change with the seasons, so do the feathers of the wood-cranes...

[great-and-small]

Finally spotted my Sandhill crane pair’s 2026 baby! Only one colt again this year but looks to be a nice strong healthy baby

[brattaire]

This is something very important to me. If any of you live in Wisconsin, please contact your representatives and tell them to oppose opening a Sandhill crane hunting season. There will be a senate hearing on the issue on November 19th, and I encourage you to attend if you can.

This post from the International Crane Foundation has a lot of information on why opening a hunting season on cranes would be detrimental, as well as information on how to find and contact your representatives.

The main reason they want to open a hunting season is because of claims of crane-caused damage on crops. There is no evidence that a hunting season will reduce these damages, but there are plenty of ways to deter cranes from crops without killing them.

We are still in a bad place with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Thousands of Sandhill cranes have died this year in the US, with up to 2%-3% of the Eastern population lost.

We've saved Sandhill cranes from the brink of extinction. We don't want to undo that work.

@todaysbird would you mind sharing this?

[snototter]

A female sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) and her chick in Florida, USA

by Matthew Paulson

[albertonykus]

An interesting and underappreciated part of crane anatomy. Worth keeping in mind if you ever draw one!

[sardosycserokyric]

Design for a wall decoration with peacock, cranes, and sunflowers for the restaurant in Hotel Langham (Paris), Emile Hurtré and Jules C. Wielhorski, 1896-1898, pen and black, blue, and metallic ink, watercolor, over graphite.

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian crane/trana. Baksjön nature reserve, Värmland, Sweden (30 May 2022).