Sandhill Cranes at Wheeler NWR

Sandhill Cranes at Wheeler NWR: This is a video from our recent visit to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). The last bird count by Wheeler NWR staff lists 28,833 Sandhill cranes and 20 Whooping cranes as living on the refuge at this time.

I forgot to take my tripod on this trip, so the video quality is not as good as I would like (I thought that I was standing perfectly still, but obviously wasn't!) ...but I am posting this for the wonderful sound that the cranes make, and to give an idea of how many of these awesome birds were visible from my vantage point.

[sally agnew]

Thank you for sharing this video Dinah it is heart warming to see so many Sandhill Cranes :)

[Joan Robillard]

Amazi ng

[Sue Cooper]

That's a fabulous video clip of these beautiful birds.

[KWind]

Wow... incredible.

[Gayle]

That is truly amazing! Wonderful video of these awesome birds! :-)

[Dione Giorgio]

Would be happy to sit down for hours and just watch them. Beautiful video.

[Claude Trew]

Wonderful video, It must be so nice to see them live. Fav

[bkb in the city]

Very nice

[M. Brutus]

That is an awesome sight. Your video was more than fine. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know we could post videos. Hope you and your family enjoy a very merry Christmas.