Family Portrait - The Sandhills
by Jo Ann Gregg
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Family Portrait - The Sandhills
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Jo Ann Gregg
Medium
Photograph
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A pair of Sandhill Cranes tend their young chicks. These tall, gray-bodied, crimson-capped birds breed in open wetlands, fields, and prairies across North America. Although some start breeding at two years of age, Sandhill Cranes may reach the age of seven before breeding. They mate for life—which can mean two decades or more—and stay with their mates year-round. Juveniles stick close by their parents for 9 or 10 months after hatching.
Sandhill Crane chicks, called colts, can leave the nest within 8 hours of hatching, and are even capable of swimming.
This photograph was taken at Viera Wetlands in Brevard County, Florida.
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March 29th, 2019
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Comments (10)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit.
Dawn Currie
Jo Ann, Congratulations for your feature in our group, Florida-Images of the Sunshine State! Please take a moment to add it to the 2019 Florida Featured Work Archive discussion for additional visibility.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Don Columbus
Congratulations Jo Ann, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Jo Ann Gregg replied:
Thank you Don. The feature in our group "Coastal Water-Shore Birds" is appreciated.
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