Solo Sandhill Crane  #Wordless Wednesday #Mooned by a crane!

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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34 Responses to Solo Sandhill Crane  #Wordless Wednesday #Mooned by a crane!

  1. Laurie says:
    May 29, 2024 at 7:30 am

    You found the cranes! Awesome photos.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 29, 2024 at 6:37 pm

      Yes, I was excited to find this one Laurie! I’m still hoping to find a colt, though it might be too late in the season for that now. Now I set my sights on a fawn. 🙂

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  2. Ally Bean says:
    May 29, 2024 at 10:54 am

    Look at those legs on those birds! Great photos.

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  3. Tofino Photography says:
    May 29, 2024 at 11:24 am

    a pre-mooning as the full moon is tomorrow!

    Great shots Linda! They must be getting to know you or they’d take off.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 29, 2024 at 6:43 pm

      Yes, I wish I’d thought of that and I could have included it in my headline! 🙂 Thank you Wayne – it was funny because this crane gave me a profile, then began to turn around as if to dismiss me. So I guess that showed me didn’t it? I was pretty close to it and it was enjoying the lush grass so I lucked out!

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      • Tofino Photography says:
        May 30, 2024 at 11:45 am

        I misspoke Linda.I got the weeks mixed up. The full moon was a week ago and not happening tonight.

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      • Linda Schaub says:
        May 30, 2024 at 8:07 pm

        OK, thanks for clarifying Wayne … lots of celestial events going on these days. The planets were aligned for me today – I saw my first Wood Duck at Lake Erie Metropark. And, got some photos of the Mr. and Mrs. Osprey in their platform nest. A good day!

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      • Tofino Photography says:
        May 31, 2024 at 6:57 pm

        Isn’t it so satisfying to get much wanted shots!
        Great effort!

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      • Linda Schaub says:
        May 31, 2024 at 8:41 pm

        Yes it is Wayne – Thank you! I was excited about the Osprey because Lake Erie Metropark has built a platform for them and it’s at an intersection, but not a high-traffic area near the marina, so they are quite comfortable up there. I have not used the first photos I got on April 22nd in a post yet, but now I think the female is sitting on eggs which will be born around mid-June (normal time for them in Michigan and this is the same timeline as the Osprey family that lived at the fire station – I’ve not gotten any shots of them that family yet this year). I haven’t looked at yesterday’s photos yet, but I hope they came out well. The male Wood Duck has been on my list for a while and I’ve only seen females. A good day and a beautiful egret with breeding feathers too.

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  4. dawnkinster says:
    May 29, 2024 at 11:45 am

    I saw one on his own yesterday, but mostly they seem to be in pairs or groups or sometimes a couple with their colt.

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 29, 2024 at 6:45 pm

      I’ve still not seen the pair in several months. There is a tiny island by the Shore Bridge and I wondered if she was nesting there and keeping the colt there. I only have seen one pair at this Park, usually in the same area.

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  5. rajkkhoja says:
    May 30, 2024 at 12:03 am

    Excellent capture Sandhill Crane. So long legs look big bird.

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  6. AnnMarie stevens says:
    May 30, 2024 at 4:25 pm

    Miss Linda……………………………I’ve never seen a Sandhill crane………………………..if they’re like their cousins the GBH’s theyre very skittish……………………………when they see people approaching…………………………..and………………………..I’ve only seen the Great Blue herons eat fish in the pond not grass!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 30, 2024 at 8:32 pm

      They are a lot bigger than a GBH Ann Marie, but not as skittish as the GBH are, especially how they squawk and screech at you when they take off. I only see them eating grass and they get so absorbed with eating grass they don’t notice me!

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  7. TD says:
    May 30, 2024 at 8:39 pm

    I’m so glad that you are having a fun day on top of a good weather day. I don’t know anything about sandhill cranes, so I didn’t know what to say. It looks like the sandhill crane is simply enjoying some good grass and seems content. Nice photography, Linda!

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    • Linda Schaub says:
      May 30, 2024 at 9:20 pm

      Thank you TD! I was here at Lake Erie Metropark today and didn’t see either crane nor their offspring. They are not skittish at all and seem content just to munch on grass.

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  8. rajkkhoja says:
    May 30, 2024 at 10:30 pm

    yes, They’ll travel fast. Definitely right.

    Thanks!

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  9. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog says:
    May 30, 2024 at 10:44 pm

    A very regal looking bird! Nature sure has a lot of beauties! 😊

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  10. Barbara Rodgers says:
    May 31, 2024 at 8:42 am

    Love the close up portrait! 💙

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  11. indianeskitchen says:
    June 1, 2024 at 7:55 pm

    I still have never seen one of these, I’m glad you found them!

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  12. Shelley says:
    June 3, 2024 at 6:09 am

    I’m jealous of how close you were able to get! Nice work!!

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  13. singlikewildflowers says:
    June 14, 2024 at 7:06 pm

    Chuckling!! Yes, you did get mooned by a crane.

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