Grey Crowned Crane

by DB Hayes

Title

Grey Crowned Crane

Artist

DB Hayes

Medium

Photograph - Photography, Prints, Art, Fine Art,

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WE are honored to write the following art groups have featured our "Grey Crowned Crane" image:

1 = Wild Birds of the World - A Nature Photography Group: 1/15/2019
2 = Showcasing The South: 1/15/2019
3 = Whats New: 1/16/2019
4 = FAA Portrait - Birds: 1/17/2019
5 = FAA Portraits: : 1/17/2019
6 = Just Perfect: 1/17/2019
7 = Poetic Poultry: 1/25/2019

This image is of an East African Crested Crane. We captured this image on a December day in 2018 at a wildlife animal park located in Georgia. WE were given permission to photograph the animals but not to use the park's name. Sorry.

WE used a Canon 7D Mark II camera along with a Canon 100-400 MM "L" lens boosted with a Canon 1.4 extender to further the reaching power of the camera/lens. Now for information about this species according to Wikipedia.

The grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) is a bird in the crane family, Gruidae. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, and is the national bird of Uganda.

The grey crowned crane is about 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, weighs 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs), and has a wingspan of 2 m (6.5 ft). Its body plumage is mainly grey. The wings are predominantly white, but contain feathers with a range of colours, with a distinctive black patch at the very top. The head has a crown of stiff golden feathers. The sides of the face are white, and there is a bright red inflatable throat pouch. The bill is relatively short and grey, and the legs are black. They have long legs for wading through the grasses. The feet are large, yet slender, adapted for balance rather than defence or grasping. The sexes are similar, although males tend to be slightly larger. Young birds are greyer than adults, with a feathered buff face.

This species and the black-crowned crane are the only cranes that can roost in trees, because of a long hind toe that can grasp branches. This trait is assumed to be an ancestral trait among the cranes, which has been lost in the other subfamily. Crowned cranes also lack a coiled trachea and have loose plumage compared to the other cranes.

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Bill and Deb Hayes

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January 15th, 2019

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