21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Sandhill Cranes leaving the marsh at sunrise.I

I was in the photo blind on the Horicon marsh waiting for the sunrise to see the amazing spectacle of thousands of very noisy Sandhill cranes flying off to the cornfields at sunrise. Wave after wave flew above, behind and in front of the blind.

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Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Horicon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Camera: COOLPIX P950
Copyright: © Deborah Kirley