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December 12, 2008 |
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What's that old adage? Red sky at night; crane flyers delight. This
was the sunset that greeted us on Thursday evening at Horse Creek
Wildlife Sanctuary after it poured rain for two days. |
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Walter captured the above photo from the public viewing location.
Richard is guiding 13 cranes (two are obscured by the wing) away
from the pensite that was submerged in 6 inches of water after all
the rain. I'm pretty sure that at this point Bev and I were still
trying to corral number 827 out of the pen so that Joe could swoop
in and pick him up on his aircraft. |
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Richard birds making the first of many breaks away from his aircraft. |
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The cranes go AWOL |
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Joe captured number 827 as he flew alongside him over the snow covered
terrain of Alabama. |
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Richard leads the flock on the ground. That's 827 on the left - Notice
how brown he still is compared to the slightly older and whiter
birds? |
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