Sandhill Cranes Flying South

["M. H. Wallace" <pooder at xmission dot com>]

At 2:15, here in the East Millcreek area of Salt Lake County, I was just 
at the kitchen sink when I looked up, out the window, I saw what 
appeared to be a line of birds flying high over Millcreek Canyon here in 
Salt Lake.  I first thought they were Geese.  Then, it dawned on me, 
they might be Sandhills.  I quickly got my binoculars and went outside.  
Immediately I could clearly hear the characteristic sound of Sandhills.  
Wow!  What luck!  Sure enough, it was a group of about 50 Sandhill 
Cranes flying South.  They were flying just West of Mt. Olympus in a 
southerly direction, I'd guess they were coming from the Cache 
Valley/Logan area, and are heading toward Delta, Utah.  What a great sight!

Last year, on October 13, (2004) I made a similar post about seeing 
roughly the same number of Sandhills flying South.  The next day, I 
received a note from Richard W. in Brownsville, Texas indicating that 
Sandhills were arriving.  If Richard is out there, please drop us a line 
at BirdTalk to let us know how they're doing.

Happy Birding,

Matthew Wallace.

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