Sandhill Crane

Well! It seems I have another first! What you see in the pictures of today's post is a Sandhill Crane! I found this giant bird standing by the side of the road while I was driving to my real destination, which is another amazing tale!

Something made me think this Sandhill Crane wasn't real when I first saw it, but I was very happy that it was a wrong assumption. This bird is very real, and very big. I think this bird may be the biggest bird I have ever seen. A Sandhill Crane really is a giant among giants.

These birds stand about as high as a human, which is very accurate for this one because it seemed to be about as tall as me. These birds seem to have a similar diet to humans too. They like meat, but maybe not the same kind humans are capable of catching and eating. They only eat small animals. They like grains and berries just as much, so don't worry that they're coming for us all.

I zoomed in as much as I could to try to see it looking around, but the bird was just too big to get it all in the picture. So this was the best I could do. I guess I could have tried for a better closeup face shot, but I thought this was good. It looks like it was looking at me, but I think maybe it's one of those kinds of animas that looks from the sides of its face.


Just to let you know, and me too, that this bird isn't fake, I decided to bring you another episode of Rat TV. It obviously features this Sandhill Crane. Besides revealing the fact that this bird is indeed alive, the video shows this giant looking around and walking. I consider that a very amazing sight by itself.

This time maybe it really is looking at me. I wonder what it was thinking when it saw me. This time I was inside my truck to see this wild animal. Not because I wanted to, but because I was in the middle of the road with no place to park. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

Something I'm thinking about as I write this. Wouldn't it be fun to be able to ride one of these birds. I know a person would probably really be too heavy, but what if we weren't? To ride a big bird as it walked around, ran, or even flew. The Everyday Adventurer, soaring through the air on the back of a great bird...


Nature Center Magazine - An endless boarded walkway through a secluded world of nature. What would it be like to be able to explore the world inside of today's Free Wallpaper?

Go visit Jingle and give the site a read. You might like it. I promised to leave a link to this post here.