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After The Crane Festival, Monte Vista

Three weeks ago, the Annual Crane Festival took place at Monte Vista. I arrived after the crowds had left at the end of the weekend. I made this image soon after arriving at the National Wildlife Refuge. This was a group of Sandhill Cranes near the edge of the corn field.

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Cranes, Standing Guard.

During the course of the late afternoon, the cranes were moving between their feed grounds. I was fortunate to capture this leader of the pack!

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Crane, Leading The Pack, Monte Vista.

The next morning, I stopped by a tree where owls and hawks nest. Here there was a pair of Red-Tailed Hawks building a nest. In this image, one bird was looking out over the corn fields

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Red-Tailed Hawk, Monte Vista.

The other bird was breaking some branches on one tree to carry to the nest site on a second tree. I was able to capture this image of the hawk, in flight, with a branch in its bill.

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Red-Tailed Hawk, Carrying Branch.

Enjoy these images. Keep safe and healthy during this difficult times.

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