The Sandhill Cranes are starting to make our area more and more their home. Three miles away is a slough they have found and grabbed as their own (although, they seem to be sharing very happily with some ducks)
I tried to take a decent video but….well, you see. Still it gives you and idea of their calls.
This is a close-up! Beautiful birds…but VERY SHY!
We have a few in the pastures at the upper end
And hiding in the harvested corn stalks!
Here they are getting ready to land in our corn field Terry harvested first!
Aren’t they beautiful? Lucky, lucky Us!
Your friend on a Western Colorado Farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Yes, lucky lucky! Thanks for the video. More please :-).
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Stunning area my friend.
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i love the trill they have in their calls! so pretty!
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Indeed I am happy to see so many!!
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You are indeed fortunate to have such beautiful birds visiting you in such large numbers. Of course, they feel fortunate that you have such nice fields and pastures for them to enjoy.
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Beautiful, beautiful birds Linda – how I wish we had them here too.
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How fortunate you are to have such lovely visitors.
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They are such beautiful creatures…..sometimes you can hear them, but never see them. They like to float with the thermals. Very neat you have that many….you are very lucky!
Cheri
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Why do people want a hunting season for these birds and are they actually eaten.
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They DO eat them. Come on.
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What beautiful cranes you have in your farms Linda, I don’t ever recall having anything that good on my farm.
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What beautiful birds Linda. So nice to see the video, and gat the feel of your magnificent scenery.
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ducks, geese, cranes as well it sounds more like a wild animal sanctuary than a working farm ,,but yes they are so beautiful and you are very lucky…we get a few buzzards and the odd pigeon and of course in Spring we get storks
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The video gave us a great view of them and their sounds! Lucky you, they look like they are big. Are they the same size as geese?
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Those are so cool! Must be a sight to see all of them there at once.
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You ARE lucky. They are seriously shy and hard to see!
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They are absolutely beautiful and I hope they get to stay on your farm where it is safe for a long time. Here in Florida they tend to walk around on golf courses and get hit by errant shots. We visited some in a rehab center, where a man makes prothstetic legs for ones that have been injured that way.
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Those are neat-looking birds! I don’t think I’ve ever seen Sandhill Cranes.
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Awesome!!!!
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