Kip’s Comments - March 23, 2025

Seen Before the Clouds, Rain, and Wind

After seeing today’s weather forecast, I was out early to check on area wildlife. Two stops were made with two great wild bird observations.

First I was treated to another close viewing of pied-billed grebes. These cute little birds are gruesome to frogs, tadpoles, crawdads, and small fish, but are quite interesting to watch. I was able to shoot many pictures of four grebes.

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Only a few minutes later, as I was leaving the grebe sighting, I spotted two sandhill cranes near the road. Certainly such an opportunity called out for some photos to be recorded, as seen here.

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