Thursday, December 4, 2008

Skywatch Friday

These photos are of Sandhill Cranes coming in to roost at Quivira NWR in Kansas.


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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's impressive!

Guy D said...

Very nice pics, that last one looks like a scene from the movie 'The Birds'.

Cheers!
Regina In Pictures

Connie T. said...

Beautiful sky. That is a lot of birds.

angie {the arthur clan} said...

What a beautiful sky behind the birds. Really nice photos!

Pearl Maple said...

Fantastic photos for sky watch friday, how lucky for you to see nature painting up the sky.

Small City Scenes said...

Don't yopu just love it when the birds come in a huge flock. I'll put up some pics of the Snow Geese that winter over here.
Great Sky pic, too MB

mick said...

Amazing photos with all those birds coming in together.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Wonderful colours and what a catch with that take off.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Kayleen: Amazing sky shots and soooo many birds.

Anonymous said...

Lovely shots!

Anonymous said...

Oh wow...I love the cranes..just beautiful...

Arija said...

Birds, birds, and more beautiful birds. I love these shots.

Judy said...

Wow!! I had heard there are lots of sandhill cranes, but the sheer numbers in this photo just blew my mind! From a distance, it almost looks like the geese we have stopping here during their migrations. Are cranes as noisy as geese?
Thanks for sharing!