Sandhill crane bites another

A sandhill crane (Grus canandesis) gets a mouthful of feathers while shooing away another sandhill feeding in a field in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, south of Socorro, New Mexico. During the winter months, thousands of sandhills fill the refuge.

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Filename: Sandhill crane - mouthful of feathers
Copyright: © 2010 Randall K. Roberts
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A sandhill crane (Grus canandesis) gets a mouthful of feathers while shooing away another sandhill feeding in a field in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, south of Socorro, New Mexico. During the winter months, thousands of sandhills fill the refuge.