{"id":1855,"date":"2009-02-21T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:15:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:15:28","slug":"a-herd-of-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1855","title":{"rendered":"A Herd of Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this week I went out on what us oilfield trash in the energy business call a “foilage tour.” My employer has some projects going on in western Oklahoma that I had a hand in so went to check them out. Not that I have anything to contribute to them at this point besides get in the way and impede progress.<\/p>\n

I had finished looking at what I came to look at and I was taking the back roads home. I was on a gravel county road when I saw some critters out walking in a wheat field. I did a double take and saw this group of birds. I’m not sure what they are, herons or cranes come to mind, and I’m sorry for the quality of the picture but it is the best I have.<\/p>\n

There were other groups further out in the field walking around also. I have seen these birds in rivers standing alone looking for something to eat I always presumed.<\/p>\n

Now, I know that birds come in flocks not herds. These birds looked like they were in a herd.<\/p>\n

Thanks for visiting. For pictures of critters from all over please check out camera critters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Supplement! Fishing Guy<\/a> and a few other people said that the birds were sandhill cranes. I googled them and looked at the pictures available and to this unexpert eye, I think they are right. I found out from the International Crane Foundation <\/a>site that sandhill cranes are the most populous cranes in the world and it is also the oldest bird species still surviving (10 million years+). Fishing Guy also pointed out that a herd (flock) of cranes is a sedge.<\/p>\n

Thanks Fishing Guy for taking the time to let us know what the birds are.<\/p>\n

Thanks guys, I love learning this kind of stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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