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14-12-2005, 03:13 PM posted to rec.gardens,rec.birds,rec.animals.wildlife

wrote:
The Sandhill Crane is the more common relative of the vary rare and
endangered Whooping Crane.

Every year tens of thousands of them migrate from the northern US and
Canada to the Gulf of Mexico for the Winter. We see them flying over in
large "V" formation flocks in Spring and Fall.

I saw quite a few of them in Florida around Thanksgiving. They were
foraging along the shores of ponds at a golf course. I also saw a
large flock circling over the house we stayed at. Impressive birds.

J. Del Col