Visitors and crane counters watched about 500 cranes fly into the Mud Lake marsh tonight against a beautiful autumn sky.  Two Northern harriers provided a nice warm up act while we waited for the cranes to come in.   

The Haehnle eBird checklist of 26 species is available at:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39523977

Crane counters:    Gary Siegrist, Ross Green, Don Henise, and Steve Jerant
Compiler:  Steve Jerant
Submitted by Steve Jerant

Crane Count-495
Species count-26

You can view past postings and historical crane counting data at http://www.haehnlesanctuary.org/crane-count.