{"id":25497,"date":"2015-06-15T03:33:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T09:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=25497"},"modified":"2025-02-25T10:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:00:21","slug":"a-field-of-wildflowers-and-a-sandhill-crane-in-the-centennial-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/06\/15\/a-field-of-wildflowers-and-a-sandhill-crane-in-the-centennial-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Field of Wildflowers and a Sandhill Crane in the Centennial Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SandhillSandhill Crane in a field of wildflowers – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I always think of Sandhill Cranes whenever my thoughts drift to the Centennial Valley of Montana where I always hear their calls, see them in the fields or in flight over the marshes.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I photographed a female and a male in a field of wildflowers on the way to the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> and it tickled me pink that this image also showed a “red rock”. The image above shows the male (males are larger) looking directly towards me.<\/p>\n

I wish that everyone could see and hear Sandhill Cranes in person at least once in their lives because it is an experience that is not soon forgotten. They touch a place deep inside of me every time I see or hear them.<\/p>\n

And an infuriating update on yesterdays post about the demise of the Magical Sapsucker Tree<\/a><\/span>…<\/p>\n

The tree was definitely chopped down, there are visible hatchet marks on the backside of it. I am %$&^#! pissed that some idiot cut down a tree that had not just one active nesting cavity but THREE. I will be contacting the staff of the Targhee National Forest on my return home with pictures.<\/p>\n

Life is still good. Hopefully<\/em> the birds found other cavities to nest in this season.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos. 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":"

I always think of Sandhill Cranes whenever my thoughts drift to the Centennial Valley of Montana where I always hear their calls, see them in the fields or in flight over the marshes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1513,27,223,12,450,5347],"tags":[4004,4259,3823,3132,3894,4062,7176,4518,5434,3892,5271,4307],"class_list":["post-25497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-sandhill-cranes","category-wildflowers","tag-adult","tag-antigone-canadensis","tag-crane","tag-cranes","tag-iris-missouriensis","tag-male","tag-meadow","tag-sandhill-crane","tag-valley","tag-western-blue-flag","tag-wet-meadow","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t