January 18, 2012
Wordless Wednesday
Posted by Morning Bray under Birds, Burros | Tags: burro, Gracie Belle, herding cranes, sandhill cranes |[28] Comments
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January 18, 2012 at 5:04 am
Gracie and three other belles…..
I like this idyllic moment!
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January 18, 2012 at 5:13 am
Can’t decide who is in better company:))
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January 18, 2012 at 5:36 am
How cool! I had no idea the cranes would be so comfortable right next to such a big critter!
Thank you for sharing this with us!
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January 18, 2012 at 6:04 am
Oh my, amazing cranes mingling with donkeys! Buck, right? Trying to recognize my donkey! ;-D
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January 18, 2012 at 6:04 am
I mean my granddonkey…
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January 18, 2012 at 6:39 am
Memaw,
Gracie Belle. 🙂
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January 18, 2012 at 6:21 am
What a wonderful life you all live!
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January 18, 2012 at 6:39 am
“Hey Ma, don’t these chickens lay eggs? How about some over easy with carrot hash on the side?”
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January 18, 2012 at 7:20 am
I had to look at your tags to see which donkey- she’s so dark I thought it was Nigel at first, though it doesn’t look like him. That is a neat photo!
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January 18, 2012 at 7:44 am
I love this shot!
The cranes usually don’t let us get that close to them on our trail rides, but we so enjoy seeing them and hearing their distinctive cry as they fly up and away. It’s nice to see them at your place as we wait for them to return in the spring!
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January 18, 2012 at 7:58 am
The Cranes are back!!! Yay!!
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January 18, 2012 at 8:00 am
The cranes are so pretty. Do they hassle the donkeys?
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January 18, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Cyndi,
No, not at all. 🙂
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January 18, 2012 at 8:48 am
Reblogged this on Ann Novek–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors.
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January 18, 2012 at 9:01 am
I had no idea they were so tall! Very cool that they’re so close!
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January 18, 2012 at 6:27 pm
are they tall…or is the donkey short? =o)
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January 18, 2012 at 6:40 pm
CeeCee and Sandy,
They’re quite tall. 🙂 I just looked it up… height range is 32 – 72 inches. Their wingspan is equally impressive: 73-90 inches.
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January 18, 2012 at 7:32 pm
72 INCHES…ARE YOU KIDDING ME? i hope to never meet one then!
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January 18, 2012 at 12:49 pm
And the thing is that you just know those cranes need herding. They were probably sauntering around in a completely random fashion. Gracie Belle is on it! Making sure all is in order at Morning Bray.
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January 18, 2012 at 2:11 pm
I”m so jealous. I would love to have sandhill cranes in my yard. Hubby and I have rented a blind for a night on a North Platte up in Nebraska for late March to photograph them up close. And all you have to do is fall out your back door. 🙂
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January 18, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Wondrous, just wondrous. 😉
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January 18, 2012 at 3:59 pm
GB is a great big bird wrangler…..who knew. This is so fun. Oma Linda
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January 18, 2012 at 4:02 pm
Oh that is fantastic, We have herons in the summer but they never come into the fields, they just hang out in the creek and the trees. Oh, are herons similar to cranes? Well this is a great shot anyway!! c
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January 18, 2012 at 6:55 pm
ceciliag,
I found an excellent answer for you on the National Wildlife Federation blog:
“Egrets are really just a type of heron, while cranes belong to a separate group of birds…
The easiest way to differentiate herons from cranes for identification purposes is to look at their necks. Cranes’ necks are shorter than those of herons, and they typically hold them straight. This is particularly obvious when the birds are flying. Herons curve their necks into an “S” shape and when they are flying they pull them totally back, while cranes necks’ stick straight out. Cranes also have shorter beaks than herons.”
You can read more here: http://blog.nwf.org/2011/03/is-this-a-heron-egret-or-crane/
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January 18, 2012 at 4:39 pm
It looks like you live on an exotic game farm. *smile* The birds and animals obviously know a good thing when they find it, or as The Frenchman says “They know we’re Friendlies”.
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January 18, 2012 at 9:03 pm
What a photo!
And, would you LOOK?! The sun is *still* shining at your house.
sigh.
🙂
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January 18, 2012 at 11:04 pm
It’s just as well that it is Gracie on the job, I can just picture Bernard thinking that he has some new toys. Does he try to play with them? Gracie is looking very lovely BTW.
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February 7, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Very cool picture!!!
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