Comments on: Change of plans. We’ll be at Crane Meadows Looking for Cranes https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542914 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:10:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542914 Mike: Just based on size and overall shape it has to have been a grouse, but this is not a positive ID.

]]> By: Mike https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542913 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:39:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542913 Sounds like some sweet birding, Greg. What do you reckon the chickeny thing was?

]]> By: DD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542912 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:39:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542912 Look for the meadows, not the cranes, grasshopper.

]]> By: Monado, FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542911 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:23:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542911 Flying cranes are very neat. I saw some on Manitoulin Island. when landed, they look like dustmops on legs. The part that looks like a draggy tail (or the business end of the dustmop) is actually the ends of their long wings.

If you ever get a chance, visit the crane refuge in Bariboo, Wisconsin. It’s near the Dells(?) resort area. The people at the crane refuge have been the first to get some species to breed by finding out what makes them comfortable. Much of the refuge is private for cranes, but there’s an area where you can see all kinds–even whooping cranes, which are their speciality.

The chickeny things: grouse?

We saw a great blue heron in flight today, from the highway.

]]> By: "GrrlScientist" https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542910 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:02:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542910 cedar waxwings can do no wrong. i love their songs, too.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542909 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:10:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542909 Immature yellow-bellied sap sucker and a warbling vireo were two of the others. And a wren. Must have been a house wren.

]]> By: Amanda https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542908 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:54:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/22/change-of-plans-well-be-at-cra/#comment-542908 You forgot to add that we saw cedar waxwings. They used to be my favorite bird… Now that I’m paying more attention to bird songs, the cedar waxwings have gone down on my list.

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