Sandhill Cranes Endure Hurricane Ian

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They were holding their own! I hope they made it. I worry so much about the animals, too. I know it's nature's way, but still...

"It was during hurricane Ian and I was watching the radar and noticed the eye would be over us soon. I got in the car with my daughter and we went across the street to where they have open fields so I could try and get a shot of the eye wall. As we entered the parking lot we found sandhill cranes headed into the wind. They are usually in groups of four. Male, female and two children."

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1. I was watching...

Ryan Hall's live reporting on the storm and some of the meteorologists he was talking to said there were birds flying around IN the eye as reported by the hurricane hunters flying through the hurricane. I hope most were able to escape the storm. They haven't migrated out of here yet but will in coming weeks.

They migrate in flocks so we see them in large numbers at migration time.