So...I saw some Whooping Cranes today.

[Goldeneye]

Two of them about 200 yards away in reallllly good light. Close enough to see their bands when they took off. They are too young to nest, but one local birder said she saw one carrying nesting material. Another group saw them dancing. I wish I could've seen all that...but man, what a great bird. I'm satisfied. Its just amazing that with so few of them in the wild they show up 20 minutes from my house.

[XemaSab]

1. Wow!

where do you live???

[Goldeneye]

2. Central WI

They were out towards Marshfield.

[blindpig]

3. showoff

that's great, you've been very fortunate. Maybe one day..........

[Goldeneye]

4. It took three trips to find them

if that helps you at all...:P It was a lot of hard work.

[amazona]

5. whoo hoo

I got the Whooping Crane in Aransas which is the cheater's way I guess. :-)

What a great photo!

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[Goldeneye]

6. That's just a pic from image search on yahoo.

I wish I had taken my camera. My mom and I went back yesterday and we got to see them dance.