Colorful Cranes and Their Rituals

A variety of crane species showcasing their elegance in natural settings, with vibrant plumage and courtship displays in grasslands and wetlands.

Sandhill Crane (Grus americana) at landing at roost pond, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA.

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Two Blue crane singing in the Addo Elephant NP RSA

North America, USA, Florida, Central Florida. Wet female Whooping crane (Grus americana) after bathing (endangered species)

Sandhill Crane (Grus americana) at landing at roost pond, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA.

View of Grey Crowned Cranes standing tall, wings spread against the golden grasslands, a symphony of nature's elegance, Masa Mara, MASA MARA, KENYA.

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Crane (Grus grus), taking off, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Common Crane (Grus grus) standing in wetland, Lake Hornborga, Sweden

Black-Headed Heron catchs and eats a snake.(Ardea melanocephala).Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Eurasian / Common Crane (Grus grus) group feeding on a field. Gallocanta lagoon. Zaragoza province. Aragon. Spain.

Ostrich (Struthio camelus) males in territorial display, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Kori Bustard male display (Ardeotis kori) Nairobi Natl Park - Kenya

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Whooping Cranes (Grus americana), Aransas NWR, Texas

South African Ostrich, (Struthio camelus australis), adult male searching for food, Mountain Zebra Nationalpark, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Crane (Grus grus) stepping in wetlands. Juuka. Finland. April 2014

Two common cranes / Eurasian crane (Grus grus) pair resting in shallow water at roosting site in autumn / fall, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

White-naped Crane - wintering birds (Grus vipio). Arasaki swamps Kagoshima Pref. Kyushu, Japan.

Tanzania,Great Rift Valley Lake Manyara, Crowned Crane

Eurasian / Common Crane (Grus grus) pair calling. Gallocanta lagoon. Zaragoza province. Aragon. Spain.

Ostrich, Struthio Camelus, Male, Masai Mara Park In Kenya

Cranes (Grus grus), standing in a meadow, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis, New Mexico, USA

Indian Sarus CRANE (Grus antigone). Keoladeo National Park, India.

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Marabou stork (Leptoptilos Crumeniferus) in a field, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Ostrich Struthio Camelus, Female With 2 Males In Savannah, Kenya

White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in an arid grass field in Seewinkel, Lake Neusiedl, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Sandhill Crane (Grus americana) flying from roost at sunrise, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA.

A flock of Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) in a water pool. Photographed at Ein Afek nature reserve, Israel

Common cranes at Gallocanta lagoon in autumn. Teruel, Aragon

Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius

Crane in courtship behaviour Lagoon Gallocantain Spain

White-naped Crane (Grus vipio), Izumi Plain, Kyushu, Japan

Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis

Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) looking for food in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Saddle-billed Stork looking for food in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

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Pair of Greater Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis tabida) calling / bugling in a wetland habitat, in early evening, southern Wisconsin, USA

Snow Goose - Coming in to land (Anser caerulescens). Bosque Del Apache NWR, New Mexico, USA.

Hooded Crane - Wintering birds feeding (Grus monacha). Arasaki swamps - Kagoshima Prefecture - Kyushu - Japan - eastern central Asia. Endangered.

Eurasian / Common Crane (Grus grus) calling. Gallocanta lagoon. Zaragoza province. Aragon. Spain.

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) flying with branch in bill, Ameide, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Greater Rheas (Rhea americana) in the savannah near the Aguape Lodge in the Southern Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus, in flight, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

USA, New Mexico, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Sandhill cranes in water at sunrise.

Secretary bird in the savanna Addo South Africa

White storks (Ciconia ciconia), couple standing on eyrie, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, Europe

African Ostrich isolated in blue sky in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa ; Specie Struthio camelus family of Struthionidae. African Ostrich in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) courtship ritual. USA, Florida, Venice

Cranes (Grus grus), wildlife, National Park Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Europe

Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) Victoria Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

White stork catching a Snake Masai Mara Kenya

Birds flock of demoiselle cranes grus virgo flying and sitting in desert Khichan Phalodi Jodhpur Rajasthan India Copyright: xMohammedxSharif/DinodiaxPhotox

Ostrich (struthio camelus), Group in Savannah, Masai Mara Park in Kenya

Ostrich (Struthio camelus) male and female, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Paradise Crane (Anthropoides paradisea), adult, pair, national bird of South Africa, Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

As colonial nesters forming a rookery, endangered wood storks build nests in clusters, as many as the tree can hold. Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, Florida. USA.

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Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) pair taking off, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Demoiselle cranes, Keechen, near Phalodi, Rajasthan, India

Three Cranes Walking

Whooping Crane (Grus americana) adult calling, Texas, USA.

Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) wading with its chicks

Sandhill crane flying, Grus canadensis, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA

Africa, Tanzania, Serengeti. Male Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) Bustard in a mating display

white Trumpeter Swan at British Columbia Canada; north american

Saddlebilled Stork. MalaMala game Reserve. Mpumalanga. South Africa

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Crowned Crane With Colt

Wattled Crane - Pair, about to take off. (Grus carunculatus). Kafue National Park, Zambia.

White-naped Crane - Courtship display of wintering birds (Grus vipio). Arasaki swamps - Kagoshima Prefecture - Kyushu - Japan - central Asia to Japan. Endangered.

Indian Saras Crane at the nest, Keoladeo National Park, India.

India, Near Delhi, Sultanpur National Park, Bar-Headed Geese

Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum, at El Karama Ranch, Laikipia County, Kenya

Crowned Crane (Balearica sp) pair, Nairobi National Park, Kenya

White Stork (ciconia ciconia), Adult in Flight, Carrying Nesting Materiel in Beak, Alsace in France

African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), Kenya

White Stork, (Ciconia ciconia),Kruger Nationalpark,South Africa,Africa,group searching for food

Three Cranes Taking Flight

South African Ostrich, (Struthio camelus australis), adult couple with youngs walking, West Coast Nationalpark, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

USA, New Mexico, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Reserve. Two sandhill cranes in marsh prepare for takeoff.

Africa, Tanzania, Ngorongoro Crater. A pair of Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) in a mating dance.

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis, subspecies tabida/rowani) in flight over Big Creek NWA, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.

Ostrich (Struthio camelus) group, Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) herd, and Oryx (Oryx gazella) at waterhole in dry season, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Jabiru, (Jabiru mycteria), Crested Caracara, (Polyborus plancus), adult on meadow, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

A Flock of Snow Geese

Red-crowned Crane in courtship behaviour Hokkaido Japan

A brown pelican flying over a flock of other pelicans in the background.

Sarus Crane relaxing on the grassland at sunset. Silhouette. Soft focus on Crane.

African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) pressurises a Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) into dropping a freshly caught fish, so that it can be stolen for a meal. Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia.

Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) pair courting, Tsurui Ito Sanctuary, Hokkaido, Japan

An adult sandhill crane feeds on bugs while teach its colts how to feed.

Cranes Landing In A Field

View of a Tricolored Heron stepping gracefully across the sandy ground, its dark plumage contrasting with the soft, blurred background, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Cranes (Grus grus), wildlife, National Park Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Europe

Flock of pelicans taking off next to each other from a river.

White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) with earthworm as prey, Solms, Bad Hersfeld, Hesse, Germany, Europe

White-faced ibis's preening and bathing, Oregon wetlands, USA

Two Ostriches

Cattle Egrets in courtship colours/ plumage standing on a sheep.

Flock of tundra swans, Bewick's swans (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) foraging in field, grassland in spring

African Ostrich in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

crowned crane - couple, Balearica pavonina

Kenya, Masai Mara Game Reserve. Wattled Plover, Vanellus senefallus lateralis, Preening

Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) pair landing, North America

Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Namibia; Region of Oshana; northern Namibia; western part of Etosha National Park; Pair of ostriches at a watering trough

Marabou storks surround a Mozambican spicobra

African Ostrich in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) group, Texas

USA, New Mexico, Socorro, Bosque del Apache. Greater sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)

Flock of Yellow-Billed stork and african spoonbill at dawn in Kruger National park, South Africa ; Specie Mycteria ibis and Platalea alba. Yellow-Billed stork and african spoonbill in Kruger National park, South Africa

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An endangered wood stork lands among colonial nests in a rookery.

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Saddle-billed Stork standing in red-coloured waterhole. Date:

White-necked cormorant, Phalocrocorax carbo, Lake Gipe, Tsavo, Kenya.

Two Secretary bird dry land habitat in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa; specie Sagittarius serpentarius family of Sagittariidae. Secretary bird in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) Stork with Piranha, Pantanal, Brazil (Ephippiorhynchus mycteria), side

Swan, Trumpeter Adult Preening (Cygnus buccinator) Yellowstone NP, WY

Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) trio, Hokkaido, Japan

Birds Birds on the rural fence in Brazil Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 21892202

Sandhill Cranes landing (Grus canadensis), NM New Mexico

Anhinga and Heron on a branch at sunrise Kruger NP

Florida Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pratensis) with chick, foraging in shallow water of Upper Myakka River Lake, Myakka River State Park, Florida USA

Jabiru, (Jabiru mycteria), adult on meadow feeding on fish, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Two Secretary bird dry land habitat in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa; specie Sagittarius serpentarius family of Sagittariidae. Secretary bird in Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa

Male Ostrich in breeding plumage, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

red-crowned crane calling grus japonensis hokkaido, japan

South African Ostrich, (Struthio camelus australis), adult male, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Close-up of Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) with baby chick

South African Ostrich, (Struthio camelus australis),Mountain Zebra Nationalpark,South Africa,Africa,adult male

Sandhill crane in flight, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

USA, New Mexico, Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Sandhill cranes in flight at sunrise.

Helmeted guineafowls (Numida meleagris), seeking forage in tall grass, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Heermann's gulls (Larus heermanni), quarreling at breeding colony on Isla Rasa, Baja California, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North Anerica

A flock of adult geese with chicks in arctic desert

Bird Wildlife - American Flamingo in the Caribbean

USA, New Mexico, Sandhill Cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.

Purpurreiher, Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) on their nest in the breed season, wildlife, Germany, Europe

Japan, Hokkaido, Japanese Red-Crowned Cranes

Pair of Painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala), allo-preening, Keoladeo Ghana NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

Great Bustard (Otis tarda) male displaying, Badajoz, Spain

Botswana, Okavango Delta. Pink-backed Pelicans.

Grey Crane is the only crane species commonly found in Europe (Eurasian Crane) (Photo Grey Crane adult bird shortly after return from wintering grounds), Common Crane is the only crane species commonly found in Europe (Eurasian Crane) (Photo Common (Grus grus) Crane adult bird after spring migration)

Gray heron in a park in Paris, Ile de France, France.

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) two adults, winter plumage, fighting at edge of pond, Suffolk, England, December

Tundra swan (Cygnus bewickii) is the smallest of the European swans (Photo adult birds)

Ruppell's Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) and African white-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) by the river, Serengeti, Tanzania

Struthio camelus, ostrich

White Stork clicking with its beak

A Colony of Nesting Yellow-Billed Storks High Atop an Acacia Tree

Canada goose (Branta canadensis), on a meadow, Germany, Europe

White Stork, Ciconia Ciconia, Group Of Adults Standing On Grass

South African Ostrich, (Struthio camelus australis), adult male with youngs walking, West Coast Nationalpark, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Sandhill Crane Chick Sandhill Crane Chick stretching its wings Copyright: xZoonar.com/SvetlanaxFootex 10588403

Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus), Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica Regulorum, Pair In Flight, Nakuru Park In Kenya

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Great bustard male in courtship display in front of a female

North America, Canada, Nova Scotia, Margaree harbor, Great Black-backed seagull chicks

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Black-bellied Whistling Ducks Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks in grass Copyright: xZoonar.com/SvetlanaxFootex 14079108

Storks Marabout being posed on the road Ethiopia

Birds in its natural dwelling

Common crane (Grus grus) flock feeding in field in snow, Champagne, France, February.

Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) is flying up to the nest with a chick with a twig in its beak. Galapagos Islands. Birds. Ecuador.

Ostrich group Etosha Namibia

Europe, Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Hallig Hooge, black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus, several

Great Bustard (Otis tarda) mating in a field, wildlife, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), couple displaying on nest

Ostrich with chicks in the wilderness of Africa

Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) males in courtship display clustering together to attract females, Genovesa Tower Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Whooper swan in grass

Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hohenlohe, White stork, Ciconia ciconia, flying

vulture and marabou eating from dead animals in nature centre south africa

Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) stealing nest material from Great Egret nest Gueydan, LA 2007 Digital Capture

Northern gannet (sula bassana), nesting colony, Bonaventure Island in Quebec, Canada, North America

Yellow-billed Cardinals (Paroaria capitata), Pantanal, Brazil

Africa, Kenya, Langata, Nairobi. African Fund for Endangered Wildlife Kenya's NGO center. Wooden tourist mementos of tribal birds for sale. (Editorial Use Only)

Gooses are grazing, agriculture

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YELLOW BILLED STORKS (Mucteria Ibis), AFRICAN SPOONBILLS (Platelia Alba) & charging HIPPOS - LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK, TANZANIA