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Earliest arrivals are the Greater, the Lesser arrive later having flown a further distance and over a mountain range.
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Now littering land and air in their hundreds.
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Now littering land and air in their hundreds.
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Sorry for the blurry pictures. If I got any closer there wouldn't be a picture. ;-)
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On the left.
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Cranes and Backhoe. Subspecies ID as per reserve signage.
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Cranes and Backhoe. Subspecies ID as per reserve signage.
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A whole bunch of them. It always amazes me when they take off for flight.
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A whole bunch of them. It always amazes me when they take off for flight.
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Red tailed hawk, horned larks, starlings, mourning doves, rock pigeons, house finch, red shouldered hawk, kestrel
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Red tailed hawk, horned larks, starlings, mourning doves, rock pigeons, house finch, red shouldered hawk, kestrel
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A pair of cranes in a boggy area .Their calls echoed across the meadow . Do they breed in Plumas County , CA ?
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A pair of cranes in a boggy area .Their calls echoed across the meadow . Do they breed in Plumas County , CA ?
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