{"id":22687,"date":"2014-03-17T05:30:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T11:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=22687"},"modified":"2014-03-17T07:29:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T13:29:09","slug":"sandhill-cranes-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/17\/sandhill-cranes-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandhill Cranes In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Migrating Sandhill Cranes were one of the highlights of our recent trip to southern Utah.<\/p>\n

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The cranes would spend the night in a nearby marshy area and then fly into agricultural areas to feed in the mornings.\u00a0 It was very windy and cold\u00a0on one of the mornings I was there which made for distinctly uncomfortable shooting conditions but the wind was also our friend at times as it slowed the cranes down in flight.\u00a0 Banking turns would\u00a0occasionally provide excellent light under the wings to go with the mountain backgrounds.<\/p>\n

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1\/1000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sandhill Cranes are perennially monogamous with pair bonds being formed and strengthened during the spring migration.\u00a0 While feeding in the fields the males seemed quite protective of their mates.\u00a0 This pair is just about to land amongst a group of birds already on the ground and the larger male seems to be already “talking” to his mate about what to expect when they get there.<\/p>\n

In addition to flight shots I spent many hours watching and photographing these cranes\u00a0on the ground and have several thousand images of their behaviors as they interacted.\u00a0 It will likely take\u00a0me a day or two to cull\u00a0those images and I must admit to some curiosity about what I’ll end up with because I often had a difficult light angle.\u00a0 Time will tell…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Migrating Sandhill Cranes were one of the highlights of our recent trip to southern Utah.<\/p>\n

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