Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/23

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Subject: [Leica] Grey Crowned Cranes
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:35:45 -0400
References: <CAH1UNJ1f18QYgSZtVpD4bobeRfTGrASBRW4ciUnGAczNgT0S-A@mail.gmail.com>

super--especially the third

ric


On Mar 24, 2013, at 12:17 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> A big unexpected bonus in Amboseli was the sheer number of Grey Crowned
> Cranes, most in pairs accompanied by a couple of bundles of brown fluffy
> chicks following them around. Every waking moment seemed to be spent in
> foraging for food and feeding the chicks, usually one chick to each parent.
> Surprisingly, unlike the shy behaviour that I had come across elsewhere,
> they were not perturbed in the least bit having vehicles that emitted
> strange clicking sounds from within around them as they went about the
> business of feeding the chicks. Here are three studies of this
> spectacularly beautiful bird, all taken late in the evening when they
> seemed to be most active:
> 
> Calling:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130228_02366.jpg.html
> 
> Grooming:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130228_02592.jpg.html
> 
> Family Portrait:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Amboseli_20130301_03739.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE.
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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