Texas Rural Tour Image 7: Sandhill Cranes

Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 14 February 2009 in Landscape & Rural.

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Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States

This is great to see. I marvel at the number of Egrets and Heron we now see in the interior valleys of California. I love the colors in this image.

14 Feb 2009 5:24am

@Stephen Phillips: These guys are migrating.

Elena Kotrotsou from Drossia, Greece

Great colors in this one.

14 Feb 2009 9:48am

Daryl from Amagasaki, Japan

They look like a rather threatening gang...

14 Feb 2009 10:19am

Betty from New Jersey, United States

I love the earthy colors of this shot! Well done.

14 Feb 2009 10:49am

dang from Atlanta, United States

Nicely done, but I sure miss seeing green. ;-)

14 Feb 2009 10:58am

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Excellent image composition here . . perfect proportions and all kept so refreshingly natural in the restrained colors. Way to go.

14 Feb 2009 11:32am

Marcah from United States

Excellent capture. Such giant creatures.

14 Feb 2009 12:40pm

Julian Kilsby from Birmingham, United Kingdom

Nice capture with great subdued tones.

14 Feb 2009 2:50pm

sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

We have some kind of white bird that looks like this. They stay with a herd of cattle and eat the flies off of them. Makes for a contented herd:-) Love the capture. Looks like someone is raising them as their herd:-)

14 Feb 2009 2:54pm

@sherri: Those sound like Cattle Egrets. We have them here too. These Cranes are larger birds. You don't normally see them around here like this. They're migratory birds and I believe they're just taking a break.

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

The variety of your wildlife is really amazing. Light, tones, details - perfect.

15 Feb 2009 12:10am

@MadScientist: There is actually more variety than I've yet managed to show. For instance, I've yet to photograph a wild raccoon, possum, or turkey (though I came close last week on the turkeys).