Birds Identified: Sandhill Crane
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Sandhill Crane has these characteristics:
- Walking, wading, running
- Continuous flying
- Larger than robin
- Neck long
- Bill long, as long or longer than head
- Red present
- Underparts plain
- Crown patch
- North summer (June through August)
- South summer (June through August)
- Field habitat
- Marsh habitat
- Continuous flying high (near or above treetops when flying)
- Continuous flying low (below treetops when flying)
- On ground (walking, wading, running, hopping, or resting on ground)
- Soaring flight (gliding or circling on set wings)
- Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
- Rasping harsh calls
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org