Re: [cobirds] Cranes Abundant at Monte Vista

I want to second that first light is a great time to see the cranes at Monte Vista NWR. We pulled up at 6am, complete overcast and fog, astronomical twilight — *before* first light. My partner and I stopped at the very first pond you encounter in the loop and saw the faintest shadows of cranes starting to move in the near-perfect dark. Very magical and mysterious moment, like the cranes were slowly popping into the faintest of existences. We kept driving and around civil twilight, the huge amount of noise at the larger pond they gather at was incredible, as were the huge flocks as they took off, piecewise, over the next hour. 

Afternoon is cool, but seeing them wake up in the dark is something else. Not sure if this is the right time of year, but there were greater yellowlegs in the pond right before the big one when we went.

--
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds
* All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate.
* Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAC%2BDWUAoS%2BDf8NtkWwatH%2BCeduR56jdN%2B9OZpAbEo%3DCHBnacyw%40mail.gmail.com.