3:25 p.m. Two sandhill cranes flying over, their distinctive prehistoric sounding cries making the ID easy but surprising.
High above 7th & Liberty
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I compare their cries to the flying beasts of the Nazgûl.
Perhaps inspired by?
I had just come from the river, and heard and then saw some Sandhill Cranes flying over Gallup park. It was a shock to arrive home and then hear them from my front door. I don’t recall every hearing Sandhill Cranes in The Old West Side, or anywhere near downtown Ann Arbor!
There is a nesting pair in a small pond on the northwest corner of Nixon and Warren, not far from where I live. They are kind of shy, but interesting to watch.