One More Whooper
Friends, normally i don’t use this type of image in my blog, but this is a rare bird and a rare opportunity to share with you. This image was taken against the light and at a distance too far for my tele, but photoshop helped the situation so the leg band colors could be seen and recorded for posterity. Sorry but i couldn’t resist showing one more Whooper image, til Tomorrow MJ
Posted on November 16, 2013, in Birds, Crex Meadows, Nature, photography and tagged birds, cranes, Crex Meadows, mjspringett, nature, photography, postaday, sandhill cranes, Whooping crane. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
MJ Springett 
I thought the odd bulges were somewhat unnatural. Am I mistaken? Nevertheless, delightful picture. Apologies for repeat of subject unnecessary. Thanks for sharing.
Are the leg bands put on by us to track them? Somehow they look unnatural and uncomfortable.
kate, when there are only 114 individual birds, they feel a need to keep track of them, until the population increases
the leg bands are also color coded to identify individual birds, this bird is a female #10-10, trying to find more info, thanks for the comments