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Name: Rylee
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May 4, 2008

Cranes are really dinosaurs

These prehistoric-looking birds are Sandhill Cranes. This year, there are around eight of them in the neighborhood. They arrived in mid-April and stay until Fall. Our house sits close to a protected marshland - so its the perfect habitat for these birds. These cranes were outside my backyard fence about 10 minutes ago. They don't appear to be too afraid of Teiko or me while I was taking pictures.
The way they look, sound and fly - Todd is convinced they are modern day pterodactyls.

They really are beautiful and amazing to be around but dang, they're big and loud. Their call sounds like a strangled turkey at about 150 decibels.

2 Comments:

Anonymous bear/ Uncle said...

are their names Niles & Frazier?

May 4, 2008 12:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pterodactyls weren't dinosaurs.

Birds descended from theropod dinosaurs, not pterosaurs.

You guys need more exposure to 5 year olds with dinosaur obsessions. You're getting soft!

-Ryann

May 5, 2008 8:37 PM  

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