Thursday, December 4, 2025

High fly SANDHILL CRANES **

At 327 this afternoon, Gabriel Willow for the second time within the past three weeks spotted 6 high flying Sandhill Cranes over sunset park nabe 

The flock ,distinguished thru a photo taken, were flying northwest ,seen over 4th Ave approaching 25th Street. Some alerted birders with help from discord, spotted the flock from Greenwood Cemetery .They then reversed course,later seen from the Kosciusko Bridge.

Keep your eyes Up! 

And great spotting Gabriel!

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 04, 2025 15:22 by Gabriel Willow
- 475 41st Apt, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.650361,-74.005257&ll=40.650361,-74.005257
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287306908
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Observed from 3:27pm-3:39pm. High, flying from NE to SW, initially high over Green-Wood then roughly over 4th Ave. They eventually circled to the NW and flew over Redhook and possibly lower Manhattan. Large, slow-flapping, with extended necks and legs. Photos."

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) (6)
- Reported Dec 04, 2025 16:07 by Kenny Barone
- Kosciuszko Bridge (Kings Co.), Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7275027,-73.929401&ll=40.7275027,-73.929401
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287307334
- Comments: "Seen flying overhead on the K bridge headed southwest"

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) (6)
- Reported Dec 04, 2025 14:46 by Andrea Trigueros
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6523083,-73.9904281&ll=40.6523083,-73.9904281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287313653
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "W/NW bound flock high up. Long straight neck. Digiscope photo."


"Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love—that makes life and nature harmonize."

Mary Ann Evans ( pen name George Eliot) 18th c author