Sand Hill Cranes

LMack · Feb 7, 2014

I just wanted to encourage those who are snow bound . . . I had Sand Hill Cranes headed north overhead today just south of ATL.

toymaker 27 · Feb 7, 2014

were they wearing tooks and mitts?

Dave H (MI) · Feb 7, 2014

I may be in the minority, but I do not care for those things. I see them standing on street corners in suburban areas now and we are knee deep in them out to the farm. They make a really weird noise when they see you. Never saw one until about 5 years ago.

mkirsch · Feb 7, 2014

Hopefully that's a good sign. I am trying to nurse these old winter boots through this winter, then I'm going to donate 'em to Goodwill. They SQUEAK something awful because the soles are all mashed up from ~5 years of use.

They're Walmart boots so I got my money's worth out of them the first winter.

Just a couple more weeks... Just a couple more weeks. All it's gotta do is stay above 28 and not snow.

IH fan · Feb 7, 2014

(quoted from post at 14:32:13 02/07/14) I just wanted to encourage those who are snow bound . . . I had Sand Hill Cranes headed north overhead today just south of ATL.

Warm spell here in Kansas today... a balmy 15 right now!
Still have not gotten my 240U started, but did not try today... been driving in and out okay with the AWD.
Speaking of cranes, I got some pictures a couple months ago of some whooping cranes at Quivera National Wildlife Refuge a short distance from here. Did not see any Sandhills then, but there were thousands of snow geese. I imagine they headed farther south when this cold spell hit.

henryv11 · Feb 7, 2014

That's great. I love the way they fly and sound. They went south over our place near Chicago on Thanksgiving, Maybe they will be here before Easter.

leon · Feb 8, 2014

If it's going north and flies over NE Iowa it will freeze solid while in flight, fall to the ground and shatter on the deeply frozen ground for all the snow has been blown into drifts and a lot of the ground is almost bare. I don't know what the temperature would be up where it would be flying, but here on the ground it seems like it's been below zero all winter. I'm ready for spring!!!

JDemaris · Feb 8, 2014

They will be sorely disappointed if they are heading back to northern Michigan. It's 4 below F right now. Last summer I saw quite a few Sandhill Cranes near Posen and Rogers City out in the middle of potato and red bean fields. Not now though.

IH fan · Feb 8, 2014

(quoted from post at 07:03:05 02/08/14) If it's going north and flies over NE Iowa it will freeze solid while in flight, fall to the ground and shatter on the deeply frozen ground for all the snow has been blown into drifts and a lot of the ground is almost bare. I don't know what the temperature would be up where it would be flying, but here on the ground it seems like it's been below zero all winter. I'm ready for spring!!!

Seems like when I was a kid in NE Iowa, it was cold all the time. Left to go to AF basic training on Jan. 13, 1961 and it was -37 on the thermometer at home that morning. Official temp was "only" in the mid -20s.

CNKS · Feb 8, 2014

I grew up in S Texas. In April 1961 I joined the Air Force, basic training in San Antonio, training for the C54 in Wichita Falls. Then sent to Orlando Florida in Nov, and then Goose Bay, Labrador for my home base in December--20 below when I got there -- quite a change.

Paul from MI · Feb 8, 2014

I sure do like the sound of them calling when they fly over in the fall. During the rest of the year they are pretty quiet, but a flock of several hundred is pretty noisy. I'm glad to see them, along with the turkeys. Kind of makes up for the pheasants we've lost in the last 35 years.

IH fan · Feb 8, 2014

(quoted from post at 21:43:25 02/08/14) I grew up in S Texas. In April 1961 I joined the Air Force, basic training in San Antonio, training for the C54 in Wichita Falls. Then sent to Orlando Florida in Nov, and then Goose Bay, Labrador for my home base in December--20 below when I got there -- quite a change.

You weren't far behind me then. I left Lackland in late Feb. for F-102 school in Denver. They said be sure to put your overcoat on before leaving the plane in Denver because it was 5 degrees, but with the dry air it wouldn't feel that cold. 1/2 way thru 102s, they said they had more in school than they needed due to turning them over to the Guard, so instead of switching to another plane, we were all sent to ground radar sites for radar maintenance... ended up in Kansas and still here.

KIP in MX · Feb 9, 2014

We had those danged birds by the thousands. Our farm was just a few miles south of Bitter Lakes NWR on the Pecos river, and they would really mess up a freshly seeded barley field. There was a hunting season and I think three was the limit, but very hard to hunt (with a shotgun) and talk about nasty! My brother cooked one once in the oven and my mom was ticked for a week. The dog wouldn't even eat the darned thing.

gene bender · Feb 9, 2014

What is this doing on the Farmall Discussion board the other site is all messed up trying to do the same here.

IH fan · Feb 9, 2014

(quoted from post at 06:14:04 02/09/14) What is this doing on the Farmall Discussion board the other site is all messed up trying to do the same here.

Sorry we got out of hand, Gene, but I still don't have my 240U started. :wink:

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