{"id":11602,"date":"2018-11-25T07:39:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T12:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=11602"},"modified":"2018-11-25T07:39:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T12:39:30","slug":"sandhill-cranes-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=11602","title":{"rendered":"Sandhill Cranes in action"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During November, when thousands of Sandhill Cranes gather to winter at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in the high Rio Grande Valley of south central New Mexico, there is always a lot of action<\/em> among the flocks. Sandhills mate for life and some mating behavior goes on all year, as does ritual combat between males. It is often hard, for the causal observer, to tell the difference between the two. \ud83d\ude42 These two birds were doing an abbreviated dance of one kind or the other, but this is the first time I have caught this particular variation…with their beaks locked. Interestingly, my colleague Bill got a similar shot this year on his very first visit to the Bosque. Sony RX10iv in my special birds in flight and action modification of Program mode. Processed in Polarr.<\/p>\n

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