{"id":142085,"date":"2023-08-31T05:58:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T11:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=142085"},"modified":"2023-08-31T07:04:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:04:24","slug":"sandhill-cranes-comparing-a-young-juvenile-to-an-adult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/31\/sandhill-cranes-comparing-a-young-juvenile-to-an-adult\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandhill Cranes – Comparing A Young Juvenile To An Adult"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days ago at Bear River MBR I photographed a young juvenile Sandhill Crane at a stage of development I’d never documented up close before.<\/p>\n

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I’ve seen juveniles that were younger and older but never looking quite like this, at this size and color and without the red crown of the adult. This guy has a gob of mud on ‘his’ bill.<\/p>\n

So, how big (tall) do you think he is?<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

He’s approaching the size of his nearly 4′ tall parent. Since he only weighed 4 ounces when he was hatched (I very strongly prefer “hatched” over “born”), that’s a lot of growth in such a short time.<\/p>\n

He’s still the ‘natural’ grayish color of Sandhill Cranes because he hasn’t yet stained his plumage by deliberately rubbing iron-rich soil on his feathers like the adults so often do. He also doesn’t have the red crown or orange-red eye of the adult. But it won’t be long until he’s as tall as his parents and develops all of the aforementioned adult features.<\/p>\n

He’ll stay with his parents for a total of 9-10 months, from nesting through fall migration, wintering and the first spring migration. Independence from his parents won’t occur until toward the end of his first spring migration, 30 to 60 days before his parents have their next clutch of eggs.<\/p>\n

Since a young crane at this stage of development was new to me, I thought it might also be new to some of my readers so I decided to share.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Two days ago at Bear River MBR I photographed a young juvenile Sandhill Crane at a stage of development I’d never documented up close before. (2 photos)<\/p>\n

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