{"id":8864,"date":"2020-03-29T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=8864"},"modified":"2020-03-29T13:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T20:42:04","slug":"after-the-crane-festival-monte-vista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/29\/after-the-crane-festival-monte-vista\/","title":{"rendered":"After The Crane Festival, Monte Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2447-0013-Cranes-Standing-Guard.jpg\" alt=\"2447-0013-Cranes-Standing-Guard\" class=\"wp-image-8856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2447-0013-Cranes-Standing-Guard.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2447-0013-Cranes-Standing-Guard-768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Cranes, Standing Guard.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2447-0066-Crane-Leading-The-Pack-Monte-Vista.jpg\" alt=\"2447-0066-Crane-Leading-The-Pack-Monte-Vista\" class=\"wp-image-8857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2447-0066-Crane-Leading-The-Pack-Monte-Vista.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2447-0066-Crane-Leading-The-Pack-Monte-Vista-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Crane, Leading The Pack, Monte Vista.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2448-0103-Red-Tailed-Hawk-Monte-Vista.jpg\" alt=\"2448-0103-Red-Tailed-Hawk-Monte-Vista\" class=\"wp-image-8858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2448-0103-Red-Tailed-Hawk-Monte-Vista.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2448-0103-Red-Tailed-Hawk-Monte-Vista-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Red-Tailed Hawk, Monte Vista.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2448-0129-Red-Tailed-Hawk-Carrying-Branch.jpg\" alt=\"2448-0129-Red-Tailed-Hawk-Carrying-Branch\" class=\"wp-image-8859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2448-0129-Red-Tailed-Hawk-Carrying-Branch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2448-0129-Red-Tailed-Hawk-Carrying-Branch-768x497.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Red-Tailed Hawk, Carrying Branch.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy these images. Keep safe and healthy during this difficult times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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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