That's a lot of cranes

Sometimes you don't notice stuff that's right under your nose.  For the last few summers there have been a pair of sandhill cranes nesting near our archaeology sites on Baffin Island.  

They're kind of loud, but I look forward to seeing them every year.

I'm back out west and went for a drive around the family farm on Monday and heard a familiar squawking in one of the fields.

Turns out we have dozens of sandhill cranes living in (or at least passing through) one wet corner of our land.

Photo Credits: Tim Rast