What do Sandhill Cranes, Tree Swallows, American Robins and Cedar Waxwings all have in common?
I see ALL of these birds just about every day right now.
We start seeing Robins around Christmas.
They usually show up on the golf course behind our house on Christmas day.
And this month, they are everywhere! In the trees, on the ground and using the bird bath in our courtyard! According to the info I found, they come for the abundance of food here in Florida.
Is there room for one more?
The Cedar Waxwings usually show up for my birthday in January. They are 'hanging out' with the Robins!
Don't LAUGH! This one is enjoying the wind in his feathers!
Tree Swallows spend the winter months here in North Central Florida.
We talked with some bird watchers from the Audubon Society in January and they said they had counted over 500 birds at Halpata Tastanaki Preserve that day. We saw the big flocks too but couldn't determine the number. We were surprised and happy to know there were so many.
And we always see families of Sandhill Cranes at HTP.
They are such beautiful birds!
Now we are hearing the large flocks of the migratory Sandhill Cranes flying over when we hike.
There are hundreds of them!
You can hear them squawking overhead and then the challenge is to find them in the bright blue sky!
I learned a lot by doing an online search.
Bring your camera when you visit Florida in February!
And take some pics where you live too!
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...please send some robins this way in about a month!
Those are great photos.
The first picture is my favourite, beautiful species that does not occur here.
Greetings Irma
Great pictures! So many birds, it makes the world beautiful.
Thank you for taking such good care of the birds in winter. It would be pretty rough on them in the north just now. I love seeing the robins in such a large group. Birdsong woke me this morning. It was lovely.
How wonderful to get out and see so many birds in Florida. I enjoyed looks at the photos of the birds. Have a happy Friday and weekend Diane.
33 years in this house and I have never seen a robin not in the yard or even in the neighborhood or even anywhere around town but for some reason 3 weeks ago they came and they're still here and every time I go outside they're everywhere they're in all the trees they're sitting on the thing so now I know what why they're here but I wonder why this is the first time we've seen them.
The cedar waxwing's hair made me laugh! The only time I've seen a Sandhill Crane was in the Arctic last summer where they apparently nest. They were out on the open tundra and so unique. Loved seeing them there, and now here in your photos. Have a good weekend.
Surprised and happy! Thank you so much! You live in a great place and I'm saying that from Waikiki. Blessings friend!
So nice to see them all. Robins are my favorite birds
I love the Sandhill cranes, though I haven't seen one for a long while. There is a Sandhill crane fest not far from here but we're usually up north! And yes, they come into shore in huge platoons!
Hello Diane :=)
How wonderful to see so many Robins in the trees. This for me is a phenomena, as I usually just see one or two. The Sandhill Crane captures in flight and on land are super, and then there is the Waxwing, a bird I have never seen, although I have seen several Sandhill Cranes in Portugal. Great Post.
Enjoy your weekend.
All the best
All are lovely birds, the Sandhill Cranes are beautiful.
All the best Jan
We haven't had as many Robins here this winter as in years past. Probably because the squirrels ate all the holly berries before the birds could get here. There weren't as many berries either...so I guess the Robins and Cedar Waxwings went elsewhere this year. I did spot a Baltimore Oriole the other day, but it was fleeting and I haven't seen him again. Of course you know we have a Sandhill Crane couple in residence here, and they are nesting now. We don't see as many migratory ones around here, but there are many full time residents in the area. You asked me about the white flowering trees in the woods...yes, most likely they are the wild plum trees...they are blooming everywhere in the woods right now. I love to see them. Hope you have a wonderful weekend. It's supposed to get cooler again after this little bit of rain this evening. That's okay with me. 80's is too hot already!
The first picture is my favorite - excellent shot of the Robin!!!
Beautiful. They are different from our robins. Cranes we have only in some parts of the Netherlands. Have a nice weekend !
We should be seeing the robins here soon. It's always a welcome sight to see them after a long winter. I had no idea about the greater sandhill crane. Interesting that they nest in the great lakes region. I've never seen one but now I'll be on the lookout.
Hello Diane,
I love your Robins, Cedar Waxwings and the beautiful Sandhill Cranes.
It is nice you get to see the Tree Swallows in the winter.
Great sightings and wonderful photos. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a happy weekend.
Awesome sightings and captures. The Sandhill Cranes images are so beautiful!
We have been seeing lots of robins here too. I see cardinals, blue jays, mockingbirds, and wrens without fail daily.
Some of your winter sandhill cranes probably spend the summers near us! Once a Florida member of the very small colony of whooping cranes even came north with the sandhills and spent the summer on a local lake here. We now also have a population of year-round sandhill cranes. I think they are increasing their range.
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Wow-- that first picture is stunning!-- love it !! So neat and mysterious how the Robins show up on Christmas day!! Have a lovely weekend -- it's CHILLY here but SUNNY!!
All the birds knew you were coming so they all showed up for you even those beautiful Sandhill Cranes. Great shots, have a wonderful weekend.
Love all the different birds , Robins are definitely my favourite as we believe they are so colourful and the Blue Jay is another favourite of mine, the birds in the UK aren't that colourful so it's quite hard to tell them apart some days xxxx
You are so lucky to see so many different birds. We see mainly sparrows and I see ducks if I go looking for them but most of the birds are still somewhere warm.
Oh Diane, so many wonderful birds. I have to admit, I envy you a bit (without being jealous!)... But that tree with all the robins and the blue sky, too... (SIGH!) The Cedar Waxwing with the new hairstyle ;-DDD And then there are the many beautiful Sandhill Cranes! I only saw cranes in the wild once. And "saw" is actually the wrong word: There were tiny dots in the sky - I saw them with the help of my telescopic zoom and heard the crane-screams from afar. How wonderful it must be to see these birds so close!
Have a nice weekend - all the best from Austria!
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Great photos of beautiful birds!
I love hearing the distant calls of SH cranes!!
Have a super week ahead, and thanks for sharing your post & photo(s) with us at IRBB!
Those sandhill cranes are beautiful.
The robins have not showed up here in Oklahoma yet.
I don't know if we have cedar waxwings or not.
That's an impressive number of Cranes. Love to see your Robins too.
that's a great list of birds to be enjoying right now!! i know robins migrate and are not suppose to be seen here in winter, but i always see them year round!! the numbers increase in early spring as they tear my yard apart looking for worms!! waxwings are a favorite of mine and i see them very infrequently in my yard...they come for my berries!!
i have never seen a sandhill crane, but all of your pictures are outstanding!!!
Wow! Wonderful series of feathered friend photos ~ all are my favorite ~
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The cranes are beautiful birds, and I always enjoy observing American robins. I hope you're enjoying your weekend!
Beautiful birds, lovely captures.
Beautiful blog
Beautiful blog
These are wonderful Diane! I've never seen robins in Florida! But those big flocks of them will be everywhere all summer and fall when we get back to Oregon. We see a few Sandhills over here and occasional waxwings (those we see in Oregon also). But never that many at once. You really do live in a birding paradise.
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The Robin is such a beautiful bird. They land on my front lawn sometimes, and I just gaze at them. That's a cool picture of all the Sandhill Cranes in flight. And that Cedar Waxwing makes me chuckle with his spiked hair hehehe. Love the picture of all the Robins in the tree, so pretty.
~Sheri
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