Cornfield Bullies
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Cornfield Bullies
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Talk about searching for a needle in a haystack!
I knew there was at least one Whooping Crane in the area, so I spent several days searching. When I finally found him, he was hanging out with the Sandhill Cranes in the cornfields of central Nebraska.
It was interesting to see his interactions with the Sandhills. He tried to ignore them entirely but the Sandhill Cranes treated him more like a party crasher. I observed several attempts at intimidation from the Sandhills but the Whooper just does not scare easily!
Any day you see a Whooping Crane is a good day! As of 2015, there were only 442 Whooping Cranes in the wild. This is up from a low of 21 or 22 in the early 1940s.
Thank you to Chad Gideon with Crane Cabin Retreat in Wood River, Nebraska for the assistance in locating the Whooping Crane. Chad is an amazing spotter!
Copyright 2017 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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March 26th, 2017
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