stained – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Wasatch Mountain Range Sandhill Crane Images

By Mia McPherson|2022-08-01T05:05:20-05:00August 1st, 2022|Categories: Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, alert, Antigone canadensis, canyon, crane, cranes, creek, food, foraging, mountains, mud, poking, riparian habitat, Sandhill Crane, sedges, stained, summer, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|

Yesterday morning I spent ten minutes taking Sandhill Crane images high in the Wasatch Mountain Range after finding a pair of cranes next to an alpine creek.

Solitary Sandhill Crane Foraging In A Pasture

By Mia McPherson|2022-07-14T04:21:39-05:00July 14th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Sandhill Cranes, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, canyon, crane, cranes, eating, foraging, grass, grasses, lone, mountains, pasture, Sandhill Crane, solitary, stained, summer|

I took this adult Sandhill Crane photo earlier this week as the crane foraged for food in a grassy horse pasture high up in the Wasatch Mountains.

Stained and Unstained Sandhill Cranes

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-27T12:33:26-05:00September 26th, 2013|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Sandhill Cranes, Utah|Tags: adult, Antigone canadensis, crane, cranes, freshly molted, grasses, marsh, plumage, sagebrush, Sandhill Crane, stained, unstained, wildflowers|

A few days ago I saw quite a few Sandhill Cranes starting at just past the Visitors Center for Bear River National Wildlife Refuge, in one of the farmer's fields I saw 11 of them feeding in the freshly tilled soil.