One more bird - a sandhill crane.

[Ocelot II]

[MLAA]

1. Beautiful with such a calming palette. The weathers are super well done!

[niyad]

2. Just lovely. Thank you for sharing.

[Deuxcents]

3. Very nicely done. Ready for a frame!

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Very nice .

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Love it!

You are so talented! Beautiful rendering, composition, everything superb.

[3catwoman3]

6. Beautiful!

The pediatric practice from which I retired had what we called “the back room” where the docs and I did our charting. It had floor to ceiling windows on the wall with the back door. The windows and door looked out onto a grassy area that had lots of tall trees.

Sand hill cranes liked this area. One lunch break, as I was trying to get some of my morning charting done before the afternoon began, I thought someone was knocking on the door. It was one of the sand hill cranes pecking at the window. I got a delightful up-close look.

Sometimes the birds would be there when one of our little patients was in the hallway, and we’d bring them into the back room to see the birds. They always enjoyed this. Many of the birds were taller than our little patients.

[Ocelot II]

9. They have weird, spooky calls. Strange, big birds.

It's cool that you got to see them up close; I had to work from a photo.

[3catwoman3]

10. I think their call sounds like a rusty iron gate creaking open.

They are actually gray but often look brown because they groom themselves with mud.

[bif]

7. Looks like something from a James Audubon book

Nicely done!

[Ocelot II]

8. I wish, but thank you.

I can see that it still needs a bit of cleaning up, though.

[femmedem]

11. Beautiful!

I feel like I'm right there. Ahhhh.