We are still cutting and loading and hauling wood…several more loads to got.
But yesterday in the middle of a wind storm (rain and snow coming in) the SandHill Cranes started gathering over us. They were so loud we could hear them OVER the noise of the chain saw!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzFrULUdkeg&feature=youtu.be
Please excuse the wind….I just HAD to take this short video for you.
They were gathering right over us into one HUGE group of birds! What an amazing site! And true gift from nature!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
They gather like that in the fall to head south. Great flocks so high up we can’t even see them except for the sun glinting off their wings. We hear them and the summer residents fly up to meet their comrades. It is a sad time for me and I always wish them safe journey. I know that the cold and snow are not far behind.
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It’s a lonesome time, hearing the calls of the cranes and the geese. Like you I’m always glad to know they have made it to their next place.
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Awesome!
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I cannot see the video but what an amazing capture that must have been.
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Oh. shoot! I will check and see what is wrong!
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It worked for me…
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Good! It was working for me here.
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Large groups of birds like this make me nervous. i would have freaked out if I had been there.
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They were pretty high in the sky. But they are LARGE and their are in huge groups so you would not have been comfortable at all.
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This gathering of the sandhill cranes is simply amazing. It sounds as if the wood cutting-and-hauling is coming along well.
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We are getting the pile down…several more days to go, but that will be okay come next winter.
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The pictures look amazing!!! Definitely a true gift from nature! Thanks for sharing:)
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I’m so glad you like them!!! Thank you for commenting!
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Wondrous! So glad you get this gift.
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Yes! Next winter’s heat!
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That really is a gift. Thank you for sharing it.
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Well, we have to pay for it, but it was nice of him to ask if we would like some wood and to deliver it to us.
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Great shots and the video worked fine. I tend to stay inside during the wind so I would have missed them.
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We were cutting wood when they flew over head!
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Awesome!
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Are they over your way, also?
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Just saw our first batch this week.
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YAY! That’s the best!
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Love them.
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Isn’t nature the best Linda! Are they leaving? I bet it is exhilarating to watch them .. 😃
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They are. Heading up north, even as far as Alaska where they will mate and have babies to come back next fall!
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Sad to see them go ..
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But exciting to start the new farm season!
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Oh yes Linda 😃
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