> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 17:23:09 -0800

> From: ck park <travelgirl.fics at gmail.com>

> To: Diane Doles <ddoles3 at gmail.com>

> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Sandhill Cranes



> they can usually be seen at reifel, just across the border, even in

> winter... i've photographed several in mid-february, and sometimes find it

> difficult to shoot with my normal big-ass lens because they are unperturbed

> by the local bipeds...


Yes, there is a small resident flock at Reifel (Migratory Bird Refuge,
Westham Island, Delta, BC), supplemented from time to time by migrants.
They manage to breed most years.

I have images showing the blood vessels in the nictitating membrane of
their eyes.

That is, before they got too close...

--
From an Island in the Pacific,
Richard James, Victoria, BC