The Cranes Are Flying

Seven Sandhill Cranes, the first I’ve ever seen. In the wild, that is. The wilds, as it were, of Brooklyn! Overhead of me in Green-Wood on Tuesday.

I was between two American Kestrels and a Merlin, so I rather perfunctorily took a few shots, thinking they were Great Blue Herons, and then wondered about the weird sound they were making. Then I looked at my photos in more detail….