{"id":70449,"date":"2014-04-11T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/?p=5770"},"modified":"2019-12-23T00:44:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:44:30","slug":"sandhill-crane-migration-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/sandhill-crane-migration-is-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandhill Crane Migration Is Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) are migrating back northward to their breeding grounds. I photographed this crane and his mate at Modoc National Wildlife Refuge about a month ago and will be writing a post for the Wildlife Conservation Stamp blog soon on that Northern California refuge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\">\n<p class=\"none\">\n<p class=\"none\">\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 690px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thebirdersreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SACRatModocNWR680x02242014.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) at Modoc National Wildlife Refuge photo by Larry Jordan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Check out my latest West Coast Beat Writer post on these charismatic ancient birds. You can also click on the photo above to see the full sized image of this photograph which has also been added to our Wildlife Conservation Stamp Flickr page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) are migrating back northward to their breeding grounds. I photographed this crane and his mate at Modoc National Wildlife Refuge about a month ago and will be writing a post for the Wildlife Conservation Stamp blog soon on that Northern California refuge. 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