Another unusual Flora and Fauna Friday post this week. A line of Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis) flying to roost at sunset.
Photographed at Little Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada in the late 1990s. At the time the Quill Lakes region was a major staging area for Snow Geese and Sandhill Cranes on autumn migration.
Apparently the water levels in the lakes is up massively since I was last there. I don’t know how that has affected the birds on autumn migration.
This is my day 9 contribution to Becky’s April Squares on the theme of Bright.
Five Sandhill Cranes flying to roost at sunset.
This week Amy has given us the prompt Natural Light for the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge.
This week Patti gave use the prompt Subjects Starting with the Letter – S for the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge.
I quickly had a long list of ideas for the challenge and was considering a couple of different themes to build a post around.
When I realised that one set of three photos were taken in different seasons I decided to go with a set of four photos, one from each season.
A fallen branch Sticks out of the Snow while Surrounded by Shadows cast by the Sun on the South Bruce Peninsula on the winter Solstice.
A Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) Surveys its Surroundings on the South Bruce Peninsula in Spring.
Backlit Sandhill Cranes Shortly after Sunrise on the South Bruce Peninsula in Summer.
A juvenile Sanderling on the Lake Huron Shoreline in Southampton Shortly after Sunrise. A Stopover on its way South during autumn migration.
Throwback Thursday travels back to Saskatchewan in the late 1990s.
A large, loose V of Sandhill Cranes flying to roost at sunset during the autumn migration.
With no internet connection at home I’m slowly working on editing the thousands of slides I copied last winter. I recently finished all the copies with Sandhill Crane included in the keywords.
Five Sandhill Cranes flying to roost at dusk. Photographed at Little Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada during autumn migration.
This is my day 5 contribution to Becky’s October Squares on the theme of Kind.
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