Road Rage In The Air

by Janice Pariza

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Road Rage In The Air

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Janice Pariza

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Photograph - Photography Art

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Two Sandhill Cranes racing to a designation, the one above looks like if he had a horn, he'd be honking it! Road Rage in the air!
Anyone who has ever witnessed the migration of the Sandhill cranes feels the magic of this incredible bird that has been migrating a similar route for thousands of years. To watch the cranes literally drop from the sky and then to see the lift off in the morning is incredibly beautiful and inspiring. Lucky for the western slope we have had a few thousand that like our gentle winters and have decided to stay for the past few years giving us a little more time to watch these incredible birds. The migrating cranes have several great places to spread their wings for the night this spring, Fruit Growers Reservoir, the Escalante State Wildlife Area and fields near Highline Lake State Park. Thousands could be seen landing for the night and then taking off in the morning to continue their trip north. Indeed a very special thing to witness. Fruitgrowers Reservoir water continues to rise thank goodness as the farmers will be happy to have the water on this drought predicted year. A hundred cranes and a variety of other migrating birds including Snow Geese, American White Pelicans, Long Billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, Avocets and flocks and flocks of gulls were present this past Sunday. A bit windy but a gorgeous day indeed!
Sandhill Cranes have wintered near the Escalante State Wildlife Area, near Delta, for years however this year numerous numbers of cranes have been making this area their stopover during their migration trip. My first big numbers were on March 6 were hundreds of Sandhill’s dropped from the sky into the cornfields. This area is know as Escalante (Hamilton Tract) State Wildlife Area approximately 410 acres. Although this is public land public use is prohibited from March 15 to July 31 and viewing must be done from the roads.

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January 12th, 2019

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