Crabapples are flowering at the edges of the woods.
Yesterday evening we stood outside and watched flocks of sandhill cranes flying north to Nebraska, where they regroup and rest before flying on to Alaska. It was the sound that was the most amazing to me - a kind of high trilling sound. When the first flock came, I could hear them long before I could see them. I knew it was some kind of bird sound but I did not know just what.
I didn’t even think to go inside and get the camera. Tonight I was hoping for a second chance. They did come but they were higher up and in a bigger flock. Besides there was smoke in the air from a fire on the other side of the mountain. I put the camera on “movie” mode and aimed. I won’t bore you with the result. You can barely see any birds at all although you can hear the sound pretty well. Maybe I’ll see if I can extract the sound out of the file and post it here.
Or I could just send you to the National Geographic cranecam.
Comments (5)
Very pretty! Now, can I just hear those trills?
I bet springtime is gorgeous around your neck of the woods.
You’re lucky.
Last Sunday I heard them go over the Village Bend area south of Mineral Wells. With the clear blue sky I was unable to see them. Always mark the passge of the season’s, both Fall and Spring, when the cranes follow the Brazos.
I LOVE the sandhill cranes. I call their call ‘hortling’ - they sound like something out of Dr. Suess!
Yet another thing to miss out here in the dessert. Going to be an interesting journey.
I did see a blue heron (or something damn similar) the other day, and I just stared at it, it was so much a piece of home to me.
What a beautiful picture of crabapple blooms! I’m looking forward to seeing blooms here in another month or so.
Here’s what I came to see! Beautiful blooms!