Heading Home — Thursday, March 7, 2019

Terry, Boomer and I took a ride up to the Upper End and the Back Forty, checking the grasses, mud, and snowmelt

We were also pleasantly Surprised to still see the Sandhill Cranes filling the land and the skies of up there.

We are seeing less and less of the big birds…all the Canada Geese, who wintered on the farm are gone…heading home for the summer

And the Sand Hill Cranes are becoming less and less.

Eckert, where my brother and I grew up, holds annual Sandhill Crane Days starting about March 10 until April 20. Sandhill cranes are relatively new to our area, we didn’t have them when my brother and I where children and young adults.

I heard from a long-time blog reader, Emily, that the Sandhill Cranes have arrived at her ranch even though they still have two feet of snow.

So every day now the big birds are going home. And the Spring and Summer birds are coming back…I thought I heard a Western Meadowlark when we were up there in the pasture lands…I sure hope I did.

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

14 thoughts on “Heading Home — Thursday, March 7, 2019”

It’s exciting to see each new sign of approaching Spring. Now if it would only hurry and get here!

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Dayphoto on March 7, 2019 at 11:18 am said:

I hope you get signs soon! I have windows open today

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There’re here, there’re here!!! High desert eastern Oregon!

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Dayphoto on March 7, 2019 at 3:31 pm said:

I wave good-bye to them each morning! Good for you, good for them and good for us!

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- Emily Summer on March 7, 2019 at 4:50 pm said:
  
  I waved them hello! Spring must be near, right? The big flocks of Honkers are not here, nor the Swans……but soon.
  
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  - Dayphoto on March 8, 2019 at 9:39 am said:
    
    My friends on Grand Mesa said they saw a large flock of geese fly over yesterday….they are heading toward you even as I type
    
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