{"id":140782,"date":"2025-02-25T02:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=140782"},"modified":"2025-07-07T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:55:20","slug":"an-immature-sandhill-crane-visits-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/02\/25\/an-immature-sandhill-crane-visits-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"An Immature Sandhill Crane Visits Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days ago, I was lucky enough to photograph an uncommon visitor to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, an immature Sandhill Crane I spotted in a field.<\/p>\n

I knew a young Sandhill Crane had been found at the refuge, but when we went last week, we didn\u2019t see it. We had no idea it was still hanging around.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature Sandhill Crane at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/3200, ISO 1250, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The immature Sandhill Crane was foraging in a cornfield with a small flock of Snow Geese, with a few Ross\u2019s Geese mixed in. For me, the crane stood out, but that\u2019s because I have a lot of experience with these cranes.<\/p>\n

Steve Creek and I got into position to photograph the crane and started photographing the young bird.<\/p>\n

See Steve’s photos and narrative here: Sandhill Crane Sighting at Sequoyah NWR<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"BackBack view of young Sandhill Crane \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/4000, ISO 1250, -0.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The immature crane was not the least bit bothered by the nearby geese or us. I photographed the Sandhill from outside, using the pickup as a blind, while Steve photographed from inside the pickup.<\/p>\n

\"ImmatureImmature Sandhill Crane foraging at Sequoyah NWR \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/4000, ISO 1250, -07 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Because Sandhill Cranes are uncommon at the refuge, I took hundreds of photos of the young bird. After a quick review, I picked a few of my best photos of the crane to share.<\/p>\n

\"BeautifulBeautiful young Sandhill Crane in a corn field \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/4000, ISO 1250, -0.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I knew my chances of seeing Sandhill Cranes after leaving Utah were pretty slim, so I very happy to see one of my favorite birds at the refuge.The only thing that could have made this visit from this crane was if it had called just one time. I do miss the calls<\/span><\/a> of Sandhill Cranes.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Sandhill Crane photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two days ago, I was lucky enough to photograph an uncommon visitor to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge\u2014an immature Sandhill Crane I spotted in a field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,13973,450,13974],"tags":[4259,5180,13984,16180,3823,3132,1124,4136,4067,4518,10580,373,4193],"class_list":["post-140782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-oklahoma","category-sandhill-cranes","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-antigone-canadensis","tag-back-view","tag-bottomlands","tag-corn-field","tag-crane","tag-cranes","tag-field","tag-foraging","tag-immature","tag-sandhill-crane","tag-uncommon-at-location","tag-winter","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sandhill-crane-immature-sequoyah-mia-mcpherson-4808.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-ACG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":140944,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/02\/26\/eureka-rosss-goose-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":140782,"position":0},"title":"Eureka! 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