Birding in the South

Below is a picture taken on a recent morning of thousands of Sandhill Cranes taking off.  This picture was taken by Nancy (http://mytripjournal.com/lenstravels) at Whitewater Draw Wildlife Refuge outside Bisbee Arizona. Keep in mind that these birds are 37" long and have an 80" wing span.

Here at Paynes Prairie there are also a lot of Sandhills but I've only seen four to six in the air at once. The many Ibis, the rare Whooping Cranes and all the other birds of this area are still a sight to see. The two mile hike today provided spottings of an American Bittern, Little and Great Blue Heron, Wood Storks, several Sandhill Cranes, Common Moorhens, Killdeer or a Plover cousin, and a few Cormorants. There were also hundreds of Black Vultures which look like an Ohio Turkey Vulture but they have light colored wing tips and black heads.