{"id":80115,"date":"2021-03-02T05:33:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T12:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=80115"},"modified":"2025-03-02T07:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:33:26","slug":"ten-sandhill-cranes-at-bear-river-mbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/03\/02\/ten-sandhill-cranes-at-bear-river-mbr\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Sandhill Cranes At Bear River MBR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ThreeThree Sandhill Cranes displaying in the marsh at Bear River MBR \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the highlight of my morning to find, observe, listen to, and photograph ten Sandhill Cranes at Bear River MBR<\/span><\/a> yesterday. The three cranes in this image were my first of year sightings of this species. The cranes were dancing, leaping, and displaying on the marsh when I spotted them.<\/p>\n

\"DancingDancing Sandhill Cranes at Bear River MBR \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though the cranes weren’t close and I had heat wave distortion to deal with I could not resist photographing them as they danced and leapt in the marsh. I have missed seeing and hearing<\/span><\/a> these cranes all winter long.<\/p>\n

To make the morning even more spectacular I heard Sandhill Cranes and Tundra Swans calling on the same morning. There is only a short window of time here in northern Utah when I can hear the incoming Sandhill Cranes and the soon to be leaving Tundra Swans on the same day.<\/p>\n

\"SandhillSandhill Crane adult foraging in a barren field \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

On the way back to the Interstate I found seven more Sandhill Cranes foraging in a barren field. Only one was close enough to get clear photos of. The other six were a good way out in the field. Shortly after I photographed this single crane two of the other birds started calling, lifted off and flew to the south.<\/p>\n

I’m still excited to have found these Sandhill Cranes yesterday. Spring is on the way.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/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":"

It was the highlight of my morning to find, observe, listen to, and photograph ten Sandhill Cranes at Bear River MBR yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141024,"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":[124,27,1148,450,26],"tags":[4004,4259,11069,4346,3823,3132,11070,4187,779,1124,4136,6366,1027,4094,4347,530,6954,4518,11068,4949,6397],"class_list":["post-80115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-sandhill-cranes","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-antigone-canadensis","tag-barren","tag-breeding-behavior","tag-crane","tag-cranes","tag-dance","tag-dancing-2","tag-displaying","tag-field","tag-foraging","tag-leap","tag-leaping","tag-marsh","tag-mating-behavior","tag-migration","tag-sandhill","tag-sandhill-crane","tag-sandhill-cranes","tag-sandhills","tag-spring-migration"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sandhill-cranes-dancing-mia-mcpherson-5282.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-kQb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110519,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/02\/25\/migrating-sandhill-cranes-on-the-wing\/","url_meta":{"origin":80115,"position":0},"title":"Migrating Sandhill Cranes On The Wing","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I heard through the grapevine that Sandhill Cranes have returned to Farmington Bay WMA. 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