at an evening roost monitored by The Nature Conservancy along the Platte River in Nebraska |
Adult cranes broadcast themselves with a bugling, low-pitched rattle. The occasional, high-pitched, frog-like chirps are uttered by cranes aged 10 months and younger. |
ALL NORMAL SPEED VIDEO CLIPS |
18 s | Sandhill Crane flock flying left to right |
15 s | Sandhill Crane flock flying down yet not quite landing |
7 s | Sandhill Crane group landing to join a larger flock |
8 s | Sandhill Crane flock drinking in the evening light |
60 s | Sandhill Crane flock drinking, landing, walking, and courting |
12 s | Sandhill Crane group flying down to join a larger flock |
35 s | Sandhill Crane couples dancing in the middle of flocks |
37 s | Sandhill Crane flock ignoring a Canada Goose running from right to left |
43 s | Sandhill Crane couples dancing in their flock |
44 s | Sandhill Crane flock calling at dusk |
12 s | Sandhill Crane flock calling after sunset |
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