{"id":9790,"date":"2023-07-28T12:55:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T17:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/?p=9790"},"modified":"2023-07-28T12:55:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T17:55:31","slug":"sandhill-cranes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2023\/sandhill-cranes","title":{"rendered":"Sandhill Cranes in the Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve had a family of four <strong>Sandhill Cranes<\/strong> lounging around our neighborhood for the past few weeks. <em>These birds are endemic to Florida and do not migrate.<\/em> Apparently there are two other non-migratory subspecies found in Mississippi and Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Florida Sandhill Cranes 2023\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SxabQIdT4CI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of Cranes is referred to as a herd, sedge, or sege. The juvenile birds are referred to as &#8220;<strong>Colts<\/strong>&#8221; BTW.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-3-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-3-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sandhill Crane &#8220;Colt&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"394\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-2.jpg 394w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-2-164x250.jpg 164w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-2-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 85vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Note the &#8220;Widows Peak&#8221; on the last bird!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>brown color<\/em> on the adult birds is a form of <strong>camouflage<\/strong> that they apply by &#8220;painting&#8221; mud onto their feathers!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023.jpg 400w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sandhill-cranes-2023-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Majestic!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a family of four Sandhill Cranes lounging around our neighborhood for the past few weeks. These birds are endemic to Florida and do not migrate. Apparently there are two other non-migratory subspecies found in Mississippi and Cuba. A group of Cranes is referred to as a herd, sedge, or sege. The juvenile birds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2023\/sandhill-cranes\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sandhill Cranes in the Neighborhood&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,30],"tags":[436],"class_list":["post-9790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-video","tag-sandhill-crane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9790"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9805,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9790\/revisions\/9805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}