The fall 2016 Sandhill Crane counting season opened officially this evening at the Haehnle Sanctuary. It is very early in the season for the cranes to be gathering but the nice weather brought out the crane counters. A total of 6 cranes were seen at the sanctuary this evening, four of those cranes flew out around 6:00 p.m. 

Counters: Gary Siegrist, Don and Robyn Henise

Compiler:  Don Henise

Submitted by Don & Robyn Henise

Crane Count-06

Species count- 19

Wood Duck

Mallard

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Turkey Vulture

Northern Harrier

Cooper’s Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Ring-billed Gull

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Chimney Swift

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Blue Jay

Tree Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Eastern Bluebird

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Common Yellowthroat

Song Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Indigo Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Grackle 

American Goldfinch.