Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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Linda Schaub
- Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal (and a pal) partake of peanuts at the Park. #Wordless Wednesday #A favorite vintage ornament.
- Lean, mean and green.
- Which way is Santa Claus? #Wordless Wednesday #Remember those days?
- When there’s wicked wind, wildflowers and …
- Before and after a cup of Joe. #Wordless Wednesday #Sadly, we don’t ALL rise and shine!
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FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
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- Parker noshin’ nuts
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Black Squirrel
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- Parker, my Park cutie!
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- Pekin Duck
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- Mallard Hybrid Duck
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- Midnight munchin’ nuts
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- Mute Swan
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- Goslings
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- Mama Robin
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- Seagulls on ice floe
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Parker chowin’ down
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- Mallard Duck
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- Northern Cardinal
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- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
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- Parker: shameless begging
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- Viceroy Butterfly
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- Great Blue Heron
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- American Goldfinch
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- Seagull
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- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Robins almost ready to fledge
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- Parker angling for peanuts
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- Robin fledgling
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- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
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- Parker smells peanuts
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- Parker with a peanut
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Seagull
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
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- Pekin Duck
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- Starling
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- Canada Geese family
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- Canada Goose and goslings
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Parker says candy is dandy.
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- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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- American Goldfinch
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- Hunny Bunny
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- Parker looking for peanuts
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- The pier just past sunrise
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- Mute Swan
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- Parker in the snow
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- Parker and a treat
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Seagull
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- Canada Goose
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Mute Swan
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- Fox Squirrel – Parker
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- Northern Cardinal
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BADGES
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- 02-02-2018
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- 03-13-2018
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- 03-25-2018
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- 03-26-2018
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- Year #6!! 02/2019
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- 04-13-2019
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- 11-21-19
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WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
Lovely Sandhill Crane photos.
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Thank you Raj, I’m glad you liked them!
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Most welcome,Linda! 😊
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I’ve never seen a crane like that. What a dramatic looking bird!
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Anne, they are huge, about four feet tall! They don’t move very fast, just kind of amble along and I usually see the pair, which I think are likely mates. On this day though, just one crane doing calisthenics.
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I wonder why a refuge for cranes is not called a cranium?
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That’s a good idea JP – you were using your noggin to come up with that quip. 🙂
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Struttin’ with so much swagger…
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Yes, those long legs and struttin’ like that, it looks like a Rockette! 🙂
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Great Photos, Linda! I have yet to see sandhill cranes in our area.
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Thank you Ruth! I hope you get to see them someday. This is one of what I think is a mated pair as they are usually together and the only sandhill cranes I ever see at Lake Erie Metropark. They are about four feet tall, mostly legs. 🙂
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I appreciate your pictures. I think I will recognize it if I see one.
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I think you will too Ruth. Sometimes they look more gray than brown, but you can’t miss those long legs and they are very loud as descend to the ground or water.
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Miss Linda……………………………..where did you get to photo pics of these large Sandhill Cranes…………………..I’ve never seen any close-up……………………………It looks like they’re admiring their skinny legs………………………………
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Ann Marie, I see just one pair of Sandhill Cranes at Lake Erie Metropark – they are usually grazing near the Offshore Fishing Bridge (that big white bridge with a nearby parking lot), just before you turn off to go to Cove Point. On this day, I only saw the one crane – I don’t know if it is the male or the female. They are tall, most of their height is their legs. It was stretching and preening for a long time here.
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It’s funny how cranes can look awkward and elegant at the same time.
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Yes, that’s true Janis – they are kind of like Great Blue Herons who are so scrawny, but in flight they are streamlined and elegant.
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What a handsome guy/gal(?) You got close enough to get some great pics. Hoping I get to see some cranes if we visit my sister in Florida this winter.
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Thank you Laurie – I was close to this crane which was either grazing, preening or stretching and didn’t seem to mind my presence, unlike most birds which take flight or plop into the water. I hope you get to see the cranes while in Florida too. A former blogger lives in Nebraska and he used to drive to the Platte River every April because it is a stopping point for many sandhill cranes returning from warmer climates. Up to half a million cranes migrate through there at peak time in mid-April. He said it was incredible to see (and hear) them. They are rather loud when in flight.
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I absolutely love all of these! Yep, looks like a great exercise dance routine!!
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Glad you liked all his/her poses for the new dance routine TD – it is sure to keep all those pesky ounces off during the holiday season!
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Wow, sand hill crane! You captured its character perfectly!
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Thank you Terri! I was lucky as it was just going about its exercise and preening routine like I wasn’t even there. 🙂
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Makes me want to get up and stretch my legs!
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Ha ha – yes, those are some long legs aren’t they? They are four feet tall so that’s a lot of leg to kick out for their exercise routine. 🙂
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You have such a knack for wildlife photography, Linda. These are great! 👌 I’ve never seen a crane close up before.
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Thank you Debbie! I was pretty lucky here as this crane was so engrossed in its preening and stretching that it never noticed me, or maybe it wasn’t spooked by me. My favorite thing about them is the red heart on their forehead. A perfect heart if you see it head-on.
This was one of the few times I got to this park and didn’t see the cranes together. They are always together. I was hoping to see a colt, thinking its mate was on a nest, but that never happened. Maybe it just needed a break from its mate. 🙂
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We all need a break from our mates, sometimes. 😆
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Ha ha – yes, a little get away to graze … or hang out with your buddies. 🙂
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Kind of looks like a poor man’s turkey.
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It is pretty tall Dave – almost four feet tall, of which most is legs. 🙂
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Good to know! Here I thought I had an alternative to next Thursday’s dinner entree 🙂
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Ha ha – best not to try to put it in the oven, on the grill, or in a smoker. Best stick to your traditional bird Dave. 🙂
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I love Sandhill Cranes, they look kind of prehistoric to me. We have a ton of them in Northern Ontario.
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I think they look prehistoric looking too Susan. I love the red heart on their forehead. They have a lot of them in more rural counties in Michigan. I just see the one pair at Lake Erie Metropark all the time, but one of them was missing this time.
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How fun to be able to watch and photograph this beautiful bird! 🙂
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Yes, it was Rebecca and this Sandhill Crane didn’t seem to care that I was near it as it was busy preening and grazing. They are beautiful and tall, about four feet tall!
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Those legs are just phenomenal! And the beak is definitely not for eating seeds! Sweet shots, Linda! 😊
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Thank you Tom – glad you liked them! They are about four feet tall, most of that is legs! I was lucky that it didn’t bolt or walk away like most birds do. It seemed content to preen and graze, even with me watching. 🙂
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Those knees look like they hurt!
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Yes, I noticed that too – sometimes they bend them the wrong way. What’s up with that?
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How fun it must have been watching this crane! It looks like it was dancing.
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Yes, it was fun Diane! That crane didn’t seem to care that I was standing there in the least. It kept on grazing, preening and doing leg extensions/exercises!
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