Sandhill Cranes

Several sandhill crane families have been spotted near our house with new chicks.  Here are a few pictures of one couple and their chick out foraging by a small pond.

The father sandhill would occasionally stop foraging long enough assess I wasn’t a threat. Mother and chick seemed oblivious to my presence.
The parents ate most of what they found, but both would periodically give a morsel to the chick.
Baby finds a shady spot.
They generally stayed in one spot and tore up the ground looking for insects and seeds.
He’s so fuzzy!