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30 Απρ 2010 · Last week, a group of Blaine County birders including regular Silver Creek volunteers Poo Wright-Pulliam and Jean Seymour spotted a hooded crane--native to Siberia and Japan--at the Carey Lake Wildlife Management Area.
2 Μαΐ 2010 · The hooded crane, identified by its red-and-black crown, dark-gray body and white neck, appeared earlier this week in a field east of the farming community of Carey near the Carey Lake Wildlife...
Cranes are large, long-legged, and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". Four species have been recorded in Idaho. Sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis; Common crane, Grus grus (accidental) [5]
The hooded crane (Grus monacha) is a crane native to East Asia and a frequent migratory bird in Japan. Description. It has a grey body. The top of the neck and head is white, except for a patch of bare red skin above the eye.
We met at 4am at the Eagle Rd. Park-n-Ride and beelined it for Carey, Idaho where the Hooded Crane had been reported in the fields across from the Carey Lake Wildlife Management Area. We made it there at 6:45am just as the Sun gave us sufficient light.
The Hooded Crane, Grus monacha, presents a striking figure with its predominantly grey plumage. The crown of its head and the upper neck are a contrasting white, save for a distinctive patch of bare red skin situated just above the eye.
A small, somber-colored crane of expansive agricultural fields and wetlands. Rare outside of its main wintering grounds in southern Japan, western Korea, and eastern China, where it gathers in small family units as well as massive flocks.
