Last night a friend told me about this pair incubating close to the road near his home. The mate in the weeds would not move while I sat watching from my car for about 5 minutes. The crane on the nest was originally scrunched down but had its head back up, looking around, after a couple minutes. I was hoping to get some shots of the 'changing of the guard' but didn't have time to wait around.

The third pic is the painting I just completed of the pair I shot the other day performing a unison call. I moved them out of the hay field they were in to a marshier setting.

Many Talents you have , nice Captures and cool Painting :)

You are my hero of the day! Not only do you care about nature, but you photograph it well and can paint it too!!

Nice, Chunk!

I love the painting, as well. :)

Emily

Knight, Paul, and Emily, thanks for looking and commenting. The painting's not as good as I hoped, but I'm not ashamed of it either. Hopefully I'll improve enough to where I am. :D

Came looking for the painting since you showed your paints at Viewfinder. Very nice!!

Thanks for hunting it down D.

Nice to see you're keeping yourself busy and enjoying your retirement Chunk! I wouldn't mind seeing some of those big birds up close for some photo ops, but I haven't been out looking for them yet. I saw some in the fields along Cty H going towards the Hyde Mill last year, but didn't get any good pics.