Date: 12/8/25 5:44 am From: Mark Glenshaw <mglenshaw...> Subject: Re: Sandhill Cranes Flying Over Forest Park in St. Louis 12/7
Thank you, Lisa! How cool about your recent Sandhill Crane sighting at BK
Leach!
Well said about going to Kearney, Nebraska for the Crane Festival. Several
of my owl friends/mentees have gone there and they thoroughly enjoyed it.
I hope to make it there one year.
On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM Lisa Saffell <lesfstl...> wrote:
> Congrats Mark! This past Thursday I was ending my day at BK Leach,
> sitting in my truck enjoying a hot thermos of soup and watching the sun go
> down when I had between 30 and 40 fly over me. Like edge, I get shivers
> too when I hear them! I highly recommend a trip to Kearney Nebraska for
> the Crane Festival in the spring. It’s truly a magical experience.
>
>
> “A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a
> song.” — Maya Angelou
>
> Lisa Saffell, St. Louis
> @instagram.com/lisasaffell
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>
> On Dec 8, 2025, at 7:05 AM, Mark Glenshaw <mglenshaw...> wrote:
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I heard and then saw 8-10 Sandhill Cranes flying over Pagoda Circle in
> Forest Park in St. Louis going W-SW yesterday at 3:40pm. They were lifers
> for me! I heard this sound that I did not know exactly but was slightly
> familiar and I looked up and clearly saw their coloration and the extended
> crane neck in flight. I got my binos on them for a second but they were
> too fast for my camera. I realized later why the sound was slightly
> familiar-I regularly hear the St. Louis Zoo's Sarus Crane calling from its
> enclosure. Such a cool sighting!
>
> Sincerely,
> Mark
>
> Mark H.X. Glenshaw, CIG
> City of St. Louis
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