Merritt Island sandhill cranes at KSC (KSC-20210324-PH-JBS02 0012)

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Summary[edit] Description: English: A sandhill crane explores a paved parking area near the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 24, 2021. Kennedy shares space with the Merritt Island National Wildlife refuge, which is home to more than 1,000 species of plants, 117 species of fish, 68 amphibians and reptiles, 330 birds, and 31 different mammals. The refuge provides a favorable environment for sandhill cranes as it contains shallow freshwater habitats for nesting, along with a variety of vegetation and prey to feed on. Date: Taken on 24 March 2021. Source: https://images.nasa.gov/details-KSC-20210324-PH-JBS02_0012 (image link). Author: NASA/Ben Smegelsky. : This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: KSC-20210324-PH-JBS02_0012. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. العربيَّة | беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎ | български | català | čeština | Deutsch | English | español | فارسی | français | galego | magyar | հայերեն | Bahasa Indonesia | italiano | 日本語 | македонски | മലയാളം | Nederlands | polski | português | русский | sicilianu | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体）‎ | +/−.