![Sandhill cranes heading south for the winter Sandhill cranes heading south for the winter](https://photos.smugmug.com/Tonys-Takes/n-hsSJf/2021/11-12-2021-Adco-Bald-Eagles-Sandhill-Cranes/i-bdvShs8/0/3b94646b/X4/20211112%2009-46-28%200286-Edit-X4.jpg)
Well, this was a pleasant, fun surprise yesterday.
I had just got done photographing a couple of bald eagles (naturally!) and was hiking back to my truck when I heard a rather unusual call. At first, I dismissed it as Canada geese but then realized this was something different.
Looking up, I see three separate flights of a dozen or more each of sandhill cranes. Flying straight over me wasn’t ideal but it was fun to see and I got some captures out of the event, including this one.
The cranes are now working their way to their winter homes in Texas and northern Mexico.