Follow the leader

: Follow the leader; Two young sand hill cranes following their mother in my neighborhood in Viera, FL.; Created by: Marshasea.; Tools Used: Nikon N65; Created on: March 2006; Image Views: 329; Average Views per Day: 0.4; Image Number: 23309

Comments:

Marsha Sea from Florida on Jul 5, 2007 at 7:32 PM said:

Thank you, Jeanne and Vicki. I took some more shots of some baby sand hill cranes recently. I will post them for you to see, Vicki.

Marsha

TravlynWomyn from Bushkill, PA - for awhile on Jul 5, 2007 at 3:43 PM said:

Am I ever glad I started looking from the BACK this time, Marsha! This is a terrific candid of the mother with her young.

I've seen many of the adult Sand Hill Cranes around Southwest Florida Regional Airport (another Wetlands preserve) at Fort Myers, and I've watched them during migration near Kearney, Nebraska (a phenomenal sight). But I've never seen them with their young - or near a redidence. Great job! Vicki

*jeanne* from cb, md, usa on Jul 3, 2007 at 1:56 AM said:

I LOVE this, Marsha!

indieshell from maine on Apr 25, 2006 at 8:30 AM said:

this is too sweet!

MarshaSea from Florida on Apr 17, 2006 at 5:30 PM said:

Thank you all for your nice comments. This area of Florida has been developed with lots of green spaces and wetlands preserved, so there are a lot of birds living in the wetlands in the neighborhoods. And, the sand-hill cranes are protected and everyone here seems to really respect that. You will often see traffic stopped to allow them to cross the road safely.

Whittler from Maine on Apr 6, 2006 at 10:04 AM said:

WOW!! what a great shot.

km from TX on Apr 5, 2006 at 11:10 PM said:

What an unexpected sight. I wonder what attracted them to a place so close to humans. Great shot.

Talsi from ern NOrth Carolina USA on Apr 5, 2006 at 9:55 PM said:

Adorable picture of the young ones.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Apr 5, 2006 at 4:38 PM said:

this is really cute. Have never seen these sandhill cranes, but would love to : ) Precious shot.

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