Album Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama from Ronald Losure

Great egret among ducks

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:45:17 +0000

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White pelicans

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:11:04 +0000

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Moving to a different place on the river.

American white pelicans

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 21:41:13 +0000

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Pelecanus erythrorhynchos on the Tennessee River in northern Alabama
Original post date: 25 November 2019

American white pelicans

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:32:19 +0000

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Pelecanus erythrorhynchos.
I did my best to count the beaks in this photo, and found about 189.

Cranes

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:40:33 +0000

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One whooping crane (Grus americanus) and two sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama.

Sandhill cranes

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 01:46:56 +0000

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November 2014

Whooping cranes

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 01:46:17 +0000

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November 2014. The two white birds are whooping cranes. Probably the gray bird is a juvenile whooping crane.

Sandhill cranes

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 01:26:04 +0000

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Two great blue herons & a great egret

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:51:37 +0000

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The two herons were slowly walking through the shallow water of the Tennessee River. The egret also participated in the dance.

Two great blue herons

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:51:09 +0000

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The herons made slow, synchronized motions while they walked through the water.

Two great blue herons

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:50:59 +0000

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Two great blue herons

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:50:29 +0000

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Two great blue herons

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:50:21 +0000

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Great blue heron & great egret

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:49:21 +0000

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The two birds were slowly walking together through the river.

Great blue heron & great egret

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:48:27 +0000

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Great blue heron

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:48:16 +0000

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Sandhill cranes - Antigone canadensis

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 17:33:41 +0000

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There was a thin layer of ice on the lake.

Sandhill crane - Antigone canadensis

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 17:33:31 +0000

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Snow geese - Chen caerulescens

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 17:33:13 +0000

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Whooping crane - Grus americana

nobody@ipernity.com (Ronald Losure) — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 17:32:55 +0000

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Most whooping cranes wear colored identification leg bands. This one also wears a radio transmitter.