Walking with the Sandhill Cranes
A bit of a distance from my mountains is the delta of the Fraser River. Across this rickety little bridge is a small island full of organic farms and the George C Riefel Migratory Bird Sanctuary.
On this drippy winter day I drove out there to see something spectacular, special and rare.
Walking thru the sea of mallards, the occasional American wigeon, wood duck, teal and moor hen, along the paths being serenaded by red winged blackbirds, chickadees and towhees I came to the objects of my affection.
The glorious and elusive winter visitors, the sandhill cranes.
I knelt on the ground and stayed with them a while.
Then I walked thru the sanctuary and found all 11 birds. I made a small video to share with you all.
If you’re anywhere around the Lower Mainland, I encourage you to make your way here to walk with these magnificent birds before they fly away.
Pamela Gordon
You got some really great captures of these beautiful birds! Amazing to see so close up. The video is excellent! Thanks for sharing this.
Veronica
Thank you so much Pamela. 😀 I stayed very still and made very slow movements so they felt comfortable around me and it worked!
kmmig
Wonderful job! The video adds a lot, movement and of course, the sounds! I love it. Thanks for sharing!
Veronica
Thank you so much Karen. I was really lucky to hear them calling. Loved every minute of it. 😀
Michelle Hed
Beautiful pictures and video!
Veronica
Thank you so much Michelle. 😀
mano
I love cranes – they are so wonderful! in october we stay near the baltic sea and we saw sooo many cranes – it was great! If you like have a look at my blogpost: http://manoswelt.blogspot.de/2014/10/unterwegs-in-mecklenburg-vorpommern-2.html
🙂 mano
mano
and thanks for the wonderful video!!
Veronica
😀
Veronica
On my way over!!! 😀
bkdonegan
Wonderful we usually get to see these guys in Florida in the spring when we visit my inlaws- so nice to get that close to them 🙂 very lucky!
Veronica
Do you really Kristen? Lucky girl. We only get the occasional visitor for a quick “fly by” and a rest. I do see them up north at my father’s cabin in the summer. 😀
vastlycurious.com
I just love the cranes on parade ! Great video Veronica. Ain’t technology grand !
Veronica
It really is Kathryn. 😀 You know, I just love making these little videos. Must make more of them. I keep forgetting that I have a Youtube channel.
vastlycurious.com
I made one too but the last time I had a really hard time getting it to upload to YouTube so I have not tried for a while. I loved it Veronica! Always look forward to your blogs.
vastlycurious.com
WordPress was not following you? That is the third blog this week. Nice to see you again even when I am slow to respond!
Veronica
Oh no, always something…huh?
Sharmon Davidson
Oh, I would so love to see the sandhill cranes! Thank you for sharing this!
Veronica
Hope you get somewhere sometime when you can see them. So beautiful. 😀
renilde
what a joy!! photos and video.
how very graceful and magical, your choice of music is just superb.
thanks
Veronica
Thank you so much Renilde. 😀 That is from one of my favourite CDs called Planet Yoga: Music for Yoga Meditation and Peace.
daryledelstein
what a beautiful experience thank you for the video and for sharing it .. behind my parents place in Florida was a canal and across the canal was a wildlife sanctuary .. the cranes, i don’t know what variety they were, would swoop down low over the water and i will watch mesmerized … and the babies would often be seen wandering/hopping around the park area nearby … thanks for rekindling the memories!
Jo
Magnificent photos – loved the video. I can’t imagine how fabulous that must have been. We saw some Sandhil Cranes in Wisconsin a couple years ago – but not this close. I have never seen them walking in the water before either.
dayphoto
We have them here….on our farm even. They are extremely shy and very hard to get good photos of. You did a great job and were able to sit awhile with them. How cool is that!
Linda
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Shane
Hello Veronica
These are amazing photographs – unusual that they let you get so close to them!
I loved your video and I will come back to see it again – thank you!
I miss you too – I’m glad we have caught up again!
Stay in touch
Shane
Veronica
Thank you so much Shane. I will. 😀 Big hugs.
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