A Short Rest for North Bound Sand Hill Cranes

March 10, 2012 I was driving, near the Little Calumet River in Gary, Indiana when I notice a group of Sand Hill Cranes on a landing approach into a marsh south of the river.

Sand Hill Cranes Landing in Marsh

I pulled over and followed the river bank a short ways and found a large group of Sand Hill Cranes resting in a wetland along the banks of the Little Calumet River.

100's of  Sand Hill Cranes 

The Sand Hill Cranes are on their spring migration.

Sand Hill Cranes resting in Little Calumet River Marsh

My presents disturbed some of them, so I left them in peace.

Sand Hill Cranes taking flight

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