I happened to see this same flock. They must have roosted somewhere in the area. I first saw them farther south of your casa, circling in a tight formation and gaining altitude on an apparent thermal. What amazed me as I sat watching is how, almost in unison, they all peeled off the thermal and morphed into one large echelon formation pointed north. Within a minute, a dozen split off into their own formation and headed NNE.
Great way to start a day! Mike Blatchley Longmont, CO On Mar 24, 2013, at 11:14 AM, William Schmoker wrote: > I just had a nice surprise over my SW Longmont house- 41 bugling Sandhill > Cranes. > -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
