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backyard birding at its best: my world

03.29.2010
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sandhill cranes: bird photography weekly

03.28.2010
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dancing cranes

03.28.2008

According to what I’ve read, cranes pair up to nest and raise young. Nonetheless, the Wrenaissance wetlands host a trio of them this year, apparently a cozy little odd-numbered family. They banded together one evening to chase off a fourth crane who landed nearby. I think of them as the menage a trois of the [...]

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this is just not right

03.22.2008

The Sandhill Cranes are standing in the wetland. Snow is accumulating on their backs. What’s wrong with this picture?

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the ninety percent rule

03.11.2008

No, not “possession is nine-tenths of the law” – “90% of life is just showing up.” When I arrived home last night, I wasn’t paying attention. It was only by chance I took a second look at these two mallards in the wetlands. My reward for “showing up”? Added bonus: This evening, I checked as [...]

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first crane of spring

03.07.2008

Robins are so old school, dontcha know? I was delighted to look out the window and see this guy fishing in the wetland. Just the day before my thought had been, “I’ve seen hundreds of birds out here in the last two weeks. Why are they all mallards and Canada geese?” You’d think just by [...]

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guess what was in my backyard this morning?

04.04.2007

This is the best sighting on my yard list in my entire life – bumping the previous #1, a red-tailed hawk to second place.

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