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Rowe Sanctuary 2009

Photos from my 2009 trip to Rowe Sanctuary, MN to Spend a night with 10000 cranes!!! I met up with some other photographers and spent two nights in a photo blind. Each year during March and April, over 500,000 sandhill cranes stop along the Platte River to rest and refuel on their long migration. The sanctuary allows photographers to reserve the blinds and be right in the midst of cranes as they roost on the river.
Photo blind
Photo blind
Me in the blind
Me in the blind
The facilities
The facilities
Sunset cranes
Sunset cranes
More sunset cranes
More sunset cranes
Early morning cranes
Early morning cranes
Incoming cranes
Incoming cranes
Two cranes
Two cranes
Pair flyby
Pair flyby
Courtship display
Courtship display
Pair flyby
Pair flyby
Pair flyby
Pair flyby
Courtship display
Courtship display
Group flyby
Group flyby
Leaving the blind
Leaving the blind
Morning crane
Morning crane
Flyby
Flyby
Alert cranes
Alert cranes
Big takeoff
Big takeoff
Crane dance
Crane dance