Sandhill Cranes Having fun!

Watch this video I got of a group of Sandhill Cranes playing around at The Celery Fields.  I always love seeing Sandhill Cranes, they are very cool birds.  They are generally not very afraid of people and will sometimes come right up to you.  You have to be careful though, as their bills would create quit a wound if they were to strike you.  The Sandhill's in this video didn't seem to care that there were many people besides me there watching them.  

Sandhills will stand on one leg, like a stork, for quite awhile sometimes. 

They occasionally like to stretch out there wings and legs. I always thinks this is funny looking.  I think that if you put ice under them, they would look like ice skaters. 

Here is what Reference.com says about Sandhill Cranes - not my writing - " The Sandhill Crane is a slate grey color, and the upperparts may display a rusty color. The bird possesses long legs and a long neck with a small head on top, and its wings are broad. Adult members of the species have red skin on the tops of their heads, while juvenile members lack the crown.The Sandhill Crane's habitat includes prairies, fields, marshes and tundra. It is an omnivore that feeds on plants, grains, mice, snakes and insects. The bird also feeds on grain.A subspecies of the Sandhill Crane lives in Northern United States, Canada, Alaska and Siberia during the breeding season, and winters in Florida, Texas, Utah, Mexico and California. The creature stops at certain locations in the United States on its way south.As of 2015, the Sandhill Crane is recovering from low numbers, but some conservationists still see habitat destruction as a major threat to the species."

100% my original work except where noted! Copyright 2018® Mark Vance Photography

I am an award winning filmmaker. Many of my short films have been shown in film festivals all over the Untied States. Several of my bird videos have been used by the Natioanl Audubon Society and seen on TV shows in the United States and Canada. 

I went to California State University, Northridge and majored in TV and film production. I grew up in Hollywood, California and made super8 films with Frank Darabont who wrote and directed "The Shawshank Redemption" and created "The Walking Dead" for TV. Also, working on the super8 movies was my friend Greg Melton who is the Production Designer on "Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.".

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