Comments on: A Crane at Peanut http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/01/14/crane-at-peanut/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Mon, 20 May 2013 04:25:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/01/14/crane-at-peanut/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Chris Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:12:12 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/01/14/crane-at-peanut/#comment-283 This vagabond seemed quite comfortable Saturday picking at seedy weeds in the protected, marshy area at the back side of the lake. It was unperturbed by walkers and joggers on the trail that circles the lake, although when a dog barked somewhere in the neighborhood, it raised its head and froze for a few seconds.
Speaking of freezing, portions of the lake were pretty icy this weekend, and the marsh is likely freezing, too, in this bitter weather. Listen closely and you can hear the lake-ice rattling against the stony shore.

]]> By: Kate StJ http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/01/14/crane-at-peanut/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Kate StJ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:25:07 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/01/14/crane-at-peanut/#comment-243 Note that though sandhills are unusual in Pennsylvania as a whole, there is a small group which breeds and spends the winter in a marshy area of Lawrence County.

Sandhill cranes are “one of the few crane species in the world that is still common” per Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

The fossil record indicates sandhills have been on earth 10 million years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_crane (That’s 10,000,000 years)

Humans (homo sapiens) have been around for about 200,000 years.

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