Date: 12/8/25 6:20 am From: Edge Wade <1edgewade...> Subject: Re: Sandhill Cranes Flying Over Forest Park in St. Louis 12/7
If, like me, you are a birder with a deep set aversion to cold and snow
(among my unfavoritest four-letter words), There are alternative places and
times to frigid central Nebraska, especially in winter, to experience the
sights of dancing cranes and their soul-rending calls. Here is a list of
my favorite Sandhill Crane wintering sites:
1. Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro Co., New Mexico.
2. Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, Cochise Co., Arizona
3. Bitter Lake NWR, Chaves Co., New Mexico
4. Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR (Unit 1), Imperial Co., California
5. Jasper-Pulaski FWA, Jasper Co., Indiana
6. Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, Meigs Co., Tennessee
Edge Wade
Columbia, MO
<1edgewade...>
On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 7:38 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
> @instagram.com/stl_birder
>
> 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
> Forest Park Owls
> forestparkowls.blogspot.com
> <mglenshaw...>
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