took these awhile back and never got around to posting them.
i love the image at the top of the page, especially the poor bird in the bottom right who looks like he’s coming in for a crash landing. 
mytoesarecold gallery series
mytoesarecold gallery series
some of these sandhill cranes may be the same birds that laurie excell just finished photographing down in bosque del apache.
mytoesarecold gallery series
ideally one would use a longer lens if one had it. i have to settle with the 1.5 crop factor on my nikon d90 and the reach of my 70-300 vr lens.