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milkman

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I went out to run to the mailbox yesterday evening and heard these, ran back in and grabbed the camera and fired off these shots.
 

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Nice--about all we ever get to see are the Canada Geese.
 
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I have never seen them in a flock (or even a pair). Up here they are solitary, hanging around the dock or in the shallows. Thanks for sharing the pics.
 
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What are they?

The legs are too long for geese.

They are not in a V formation or organized pattern.

There wings do not look like geese.

They look like giant shore birds.

Cranes? Herons?

Nice pics, I really like the last one that shows the countryside. Very pretty.

Eddie
 
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I was thinking they were blue herons, but that is probably wrong.
 
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I agree with Bird - They are Sandhill Cranes.
 
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sandhill cranes
 

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Nice Pics, Were seeing quite a few more of them in Mn the last few years and I have a few that frequent my food plots, they are fun to watch and you can here them from quite a distance.
 
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Those are Sandhill Cranes, that's the most I've seen in one flock around here although I see them this time of year and in the spring heading back north. On the news, there is a bunch of Whooping cranes going through here, that was yesterday also, just a little east of here, sure would have liked to have seen them, led by an Ultra-Lite on their way to Fl. for the winter.
 

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