 | Trust me, you’ll hear me! I fuss a lot when I fly. I frequent marshes, and sometimes golf courses. I’m not too afraid of people, but that doesn’t mean you should try to feed me. Most Likely Found: In a pond, In the marsh, In the open fields When: Year-Round Where I've photographed: Circle B Bar Reserve, Fort De Soto, Lake Apopka, Lake Jesup, Orlando Wetlands, Other Places, Sandhill Crane Nest, Sandhill Crane Nest #2, Viera Wetlands Read more: Sandhill Crane at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: Sandhill Crane eBird range |
I have written 103 posts including a photo of a Sandhill Crane
April 11, 2026 - There's been such photographic excitement from Orlando Wetlands this spring, with the baby Spoonbills, baby Sandhill Cranes, and now the baby Barred Owls.... As I headed back to my car, I found the other local celebrities - a Sandhill Crane family with two colts.... Read more
February 8, 2025 - I didn't see the small group of Sandhill Cranes until they started calling loudly.... Read more
February 25, 2024 - This Sandhill Crane was sleeping on her nest.... Read more
April 6, 2023 - Remember the Sandhill Crane colts from last week?... Read more
March 28, 2023 - Remember how Sandhill Crane colts squabble often?... This was my first opportunity to use it with the Sandhill Crane colts, and with the eye autofocus, I came home with so many keepers.... Read more
March 27, 2023 - It's been a few years since I've had the privilege of photographing newborn Sandhill Crane babies, called colts.... So when I saw a Sandhill Crane on her nest at Orlando Wetlands, I knew I had to check back regularly.... The Sandhill Cranes are very good parents.... Read more
March 14, 2023 - I knew Sandhill Cranes were nesting at the wetlands, and one of my goals for the morning was to find the nest.... Read more
July 29, 2021 - Remember the cute little Sandhill Crane colts I used to photograph at Circle B?... Read more
March 16, 2021 - A pair of Sandhill Cranes flew silently overhead.... Read more
October 13, 2019 - My favorite photo turned out to be an iPhone snapshot: As I walked through the flowers, I heard the distant calls of Sandhill Cranes.... Read more
August 15, 2019 - Loggerhead Turtle Hatchling Emergence!!Out of the Egg: I Saw a Sandhill Crane Hatch!!!Snowy Owl in FloridaAtlantic Puffins on Machias Seal IslandNewborn Sandhill Crane Baby at NestPrecious Moments with the Least TernsBlack Skimmer ColonySwallow-tailed Kite RoostCygnets for Mother's Day A Rainbow of Color at Fort De SotoGreat Horned Owl Nest at Fort…... Read more
April 26, 2019 - I pulled up to East Beach about fifteen minutes before sunrise, inhaled a deep breath of the salt air, and saw a Sandhill Crane wandering near a pavilion.... It was the first time I'd seen a Sandhill Crane at the park.... Read more
January 17, 2018 - As I drove off down Lust Road, I heard the call of Sandhill Cranes and had just enough time to hop out of the car to photograph these two as they flew calling over the marsh.... Read more
May 14, 2017 - Least Tern Mother & Chick Roseate Spoonbill Mother & Baby Black Skimmer Mother & Baby Sandhill Crane Mother & Colt Great Horned Owl Mother & Babies Mute Swan Mother & Cygnet ... Read more
March 26, 2017 - Thanks to my friend Michael, I went to Viera Wetlands last weekend to photograph a pair of Sandhill Crane colts.... Actually, small Sandhill Cranes can be quite brutal with each other.... Watching Sandhill Cranes is one of the best parts of springtime photography.... Read more
December 31, 2016 - I've witnessed the first days of a Sandhill Crane colt, the early explorations of a Barred Owl chick, and the tender gestures of avian courtship.... Uno the Sandhill Crane Colt I'm a craniac, I can't help it.... The moments spent with Sandhill Crane families always stand out in my memory.... Read more
October 25, 2016 - This pair of Sandhill Cranes was foraging in the fog, not too far from the trail.... Read more
April 2, 2016 - I had such a good time photographing my Sandhill Crane family this year (not that you could tell from my three blog entries here, here, and here!) As I worked with the images for post-processing, I couldn't resist playing with some of them to create Sandhill Crane digital art versions…... Read more
March 16, 2016 - Last Sunday I returned to check on my Sandhill Crane colt "Uno", and that visit was special not only because Uno was celebrating his one-week birthday, but also because I got to photograph him with my good friends Debbie and Michael.... The thing that is so special about Sandhill Cranes…... Read more
March 11, 2016 - I returned to check on the baby Sandhill Crane Uno last Saturday, on his sixth day of life.... This was one of two times that the baby Sandhill Crane ventured out into the open grass.... Did I mention that baby Sandhill Cranes are one of my favorite photography subjects?... Read more
March 6, 2016 - thank you!), I got to spend a special morning with a tiny Sandhill Crane colt on the morning after he hatched.... Sandhill Cranes nest at the edge of ponds and marshy areas, where the wet surrounds the nest and helps keep predators away from the eggs.... Sandhill Cranes eat a…... Read more
January 31, 2016 - The two Sandhill Crane colts were just a few days old.... Read more
December 31, 2015 - On the first weekend that I could get back out, I celebrated the miracle of life with a pair of newly-hatched Sandhill Cranes and their parents.... Read more
May 15, 2015 - Why did the Sandhill Cranes cross the road?... I had not seen any of this year's local Sandhill Crane families this year.... Read more
March 16, 2015 - A few weeks ago I visited a Sandhill Crane nest with the hope that perhaps the babies had hatched.... It's hard to believe, but Sandhill Crane colts are able to swim only hours after they are born.... Read more
February 4, 2015 - A few days ago I came across my Sandhill Crane family from last year (the colt that I saw hatch).... It reminded me of some of the illustrations in the Sandhill Crane book my parents got me.... Read more
December 30, 2014 - I always obsess over Sandhill Crane colts, those adorable young chicks that stagger bravely through grasses and water to keep up with their long-legged gray parents.... But this year, I got to see something I never thought I'd get to see - the birth of a Sandhill Crane!... Read more
October 4, 2014 - Believe it or not, I'm coming to the end of my Sandhill Crane colt saga.... It's fairly common with Sandhill Cranes that one of the two colts doesn't survive.... Read more
September 28, 2014 - My little Sandhill Crane was born on a Wednesday night.... It was my best morning with my little Sandhill Crane colts.... No wonder the Sandhill Crane colts grow so fast!... Read more
September 17, 2014 - Less than 24 hours after watching a tiny Sandhill Crane colt hatch, and after watching them wake up the following morning, I was back at the nest in the evening to say goodnight to the little family.... The path wasn't long -- just a good long step or two for…... Read more
September 14, 2014 - This post continues my story of the adorable Sandhill Crane colt that I saw hatch this April.... Sandhill Cranes are such patient, gentle creatures.... Read more
September 10, 2014 - I keep promising more pictures of adorable Sandhill Crane colts, so tonight we're going to start that series.... Regular readers of my blog may recall the amazing day back in April when I got to witness the hatching of a Sandhill Crane colt.... Read more
June 20, 2014 - It was a family of four Sandhill Cranes -- two adults and two juveniles.... Sandhill Cranes are a joy to be around.... Read more
April 20, 2014 - I've been keeping this adorable Sandhill Crane colt shot for Easter because he is just so cute and so perfect for the day.... Read more
April 12, 2014 - So to make up for a couple of missed blog posts this week, you get an extra-long post about a great experience: Rich and I saw a Sandhill Crane hatch!!!... The Florida subspecies of Sandhill Cranes is threatened, so it was extra special to have this opportunity to view the…... Read more
April 2, 2014 - This is my last post about my Sandhill Crane family - well, at least for now!... I was looking back at some of my previous Sandhill Crane colt posts from other years, and I found this snippet that made me smile: "Date of addition: April 3, 2010!" It's hard to…... Read more
March 31, 2014 - I hope you're not tired of Sandhill Crane colts yet.... After watching the Sandhill Crane colts making their way behind tall grasses behind Mom and Dad, it shouldn't have surprised me to see them do the same in the pond.... The little Sandhill Crane colts were covered in weed seed…... Read more
March 28, 2014 - When I returned to the Sandhill Crane nest three days after the photos from my last posts, I was surprised to find the colts noticeably bigger.... The little Sandhill Crane colts are so animated.... Even at six days old, the little Sandhill Crane colts know how to preen.... Read more
March 25, 2014 - While observing three-day-old Sandhill Crane colts (the same ones from my last blog post), I observed a little sequence that was so cute and funny that I just had to share it.... The adult Sandhill Cranes had guided their young offspring down to a little pond.... Read more
March 23, 2014 - It didn't take me long to go back to the nest with newly hatched Sandhill Crane colts.... Sandhill Cranes are wonderfully loyal birds.... Last year I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph Sandhill Cranes at their nest for the first time.... Read more
March 19, 2014 - I hope you like pictures of cute little Sandhill Crane colts, because you're going to be seeing a lot of them in this blog in the next few weeks.... Sandhill Cranes are precocial, meaning that they are born knowing a lot about how to take care of themselves.... One of…... Read more
December 31, 2013 - Sandhill Crane Colts The year started out slow - I had mono, and it lasted three months!... One nest in particular comes to mind, a Sandhill Crane nest in Melbourne, Florida.... I had the wonderful luck to observe a Sandhill Crane colt on the day after he hatched, and I…... Read more
April 5, 2013 - After I got over the excitement of the White-Faced Ibis, I turned to the Sandhill Crane family.... Read more
April 4, 2013 - I perhaps should have warned him that I'm on a Sandhill Crane colt craze this year.... We started out on the Heron Hideout trail, where the first Sandhill Crane family tends to hang out.... There was so much to see on the Wading Bird Way trail as the birds…... Read more
March 31, 2013 - I've been very fortunate over the past week as I had the opportunity to observe a newborn Sandhill Crane baby at his nest.... So today's blog post is a special story of this little Sandhill Crane baby's first week.... Day Two of the Sandhill Crane Baby's Life The first light…... Read more
March 20, 2013 - I spent my off-Friday morning at the Circle B Bar Reserve with the Sandhill Crane family.... As the Sandhill Crane babies grow bigger, the adults take them for longer walks around the marsh.... It will be a while before the Sandhill Crane colts' wings fully develop.... Read more
March 18, 2013 - Last year my friends found a Sandhill Crane family in Casselberry.... Compared to the Sandhill Crane colts at the Circle B Bar Reserve, these guys are still pretty small.... Read more
March 11, 2013 - The Sandhill Crane colts have hatched!... This is a very predictable family of Sandhill Cranes that has been bringing the tiny babies up on the trail for the past four or five years.... 2010 - The first time I ever saw a baby Sandhill Crane.... Read more
November 11, 2012 - Wading in the Morning Light As we made our way around the park, we came across a pair of Sandhill Cranes who were sauntering down the trail in front of the group.... Read more
October 29, 2012 - Our neighborhood Sandhill Cranes decided to cross the road and walk right in front of me.... Read more