One of the best things about winter in Florida is the influx of Sandhill cranes! There are resident Sandhill cranes in the state year round, but during the winter months the population of this species more than doubles due to snowbirding visitors from up north. They’ll stay for a few months and then head back home in the spring.
Sandhill cranes can live to be over twenty years old in the wild; can you spot the youngest member of this group? 👀
Good eye @otteroflore! The juvenile crane can be spotted with a less crimson crown, as its adult plumage is still coming in here.
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