More Cranes

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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.