[NatureNS] sandhill cranes heading northward in central B.C.

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> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] sandhill cranes heading northward in  
> central B.C.
>
> Hi, gang.  I am in Burns Lake in central B.C. for another week or  
> so before a few days in Vancouver and then back to N.S. for the  
> Migration Count on May 10.  It is still early spring up here, with  
> ice on the lakes and snow still in the ditches and not many migrant  
> birds yet except for ring-billed gulls and a few Canada geese and  
> ducks.  But the highlight below is a definite sign of things to  
> come.  This was a great moment for me, with my poor hearing and  
> vision.
>
> In mid-afternoon Nick (Pat's son who is a pilot and has a flying  
> business here) came inside the house to report he had just been  
> hearing SANDHILL CRANES calling their turkey-like gobbles.  So I  
> went outside a few minutes later, heard a few cranes immediately,  
> and then they grew in number and closeness.  I scanned the sky and  
> was just in time to see, high in the sky and heading northward, in  
> the direction of the town of Burns Lake and parts further north, a  
> broad shallow vee of about 200 of the "turkeys" (Saskatchewan  
> farmers' lingo), including several sub-shallow-vees.  I kept  
> hearing them for a few minutes past when they flew over and by,  
> then the calls stopped.  Based on the timing of Nick's first  
> hearing them, I will bet that at least twice as many cranes flew  
> over as the 200 I saw.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Burns Lake, central B.C.
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] sandhill cranes =
heading northward in central B.C.</b></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> Hi, gang. &nbsp;I am in =
Burns Lake in central B.C. for another week or so before a few days in =
Vancouver and then back to N.S. for the Migration Count on May 10. =
&nbsp;It is still early spring up here, with ice on the lakes and snow =
still in the ditches and not many migrant birds yet except for =
ring-billed gulls and a few Canada geese and ducks. &nbsp;But the =
highlight below is a definite sign of things to come. &nbsp;This was a =
great moment for me, with my poor hearing and =
vision.<div><br></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" =
size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">In mid-afternoon Nick (Pat's son =
who is a pilot and has a flying business here) came inside the house to =
report he had just been <b>hearing SANDHILL CRANES</b> calling their =
turkey-like gobbles.&nbsp; So I went outside a few minutes later, heard =
a few cranes immediately, and then they grew in number and =
closeness.&nbsp; I scanned the sky and was just in time to see, high in =
the sky and heading northward, in the direction of the town of Burns =
Lake and parts further north, a broad shallow vee of about <b>200 of the =
"turkeys"</b> (Saskatchewan farmers' lingo), including several =
sub-shallow-vees.&nbsp; I kept hearing them for a few minutes past when =
they flew over and by, then the calls stopped.&nbsp; Based on the timing =
of Nick's first hearing them, I will bet that at least twice as many =
cranes flew over as the 200 I saw.</font></div></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: =
13.0px Arial"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font =
face=3D"Arial" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Arial">Cheers from Jim =
in Burns Lake, central B.C.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">_______________________________________________</div><div =
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