What woke me this morning
I was woken up this morning by some very loud really weird bird calls. It didn't sound like the usual honking of geese but when I looked outside, I didn't see anything. I went back inside from my screen porch but the cat stayed on the porch. A few minutes later, I heard her meowing that she wanted to come back in and when I was heading to the kitchen to do that, I saw something beige in the greenspace. I went outside with my camera and there were 2 cranes standing near the little stream that runs through the center. I think they must be a pair of male and female because of their different sizes.
I have never seen them like this before. It must mean that the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI is doing their job well.
I'm not sure what type of cranes these are - sandhill?, whooping? I looked at the pics on the this site and listened to the calls that they have:https://www.savingcranes.org/about-icf.html The sounds that woke me sounded more like the unison call of the whooping crane but they look more like the pics of sandhill cranes.
I have never seen them like this before. It must mean that the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI is doing their job well.
I'm not sure what type of cranes these are - sandhill?, whooping? I looked at the pics on the this site and listened to the calls that they have:https://www.savingcranes.org/about-icf.html The sounds that woke me sounded more like the unison call of the whooping crane but they look more like the pics of sandhill cranes.