We are on a roll here at Life Intrigued – a Crane roll for clarification. I was going to vary it up a bit for this particular post, but the teeming millions of readers out there demanded that I stick with the International Crane Foundation shoot. Steady readers will recognize we are once again back in Baraboo, Wisconsin admiring the beautiful Cranes. This one happens to be even more ornate that rest.
This royal looking Crane, like the others this month, is making its debut on the blog. According to ICF’s website, this bird is referred to as a Black Crowned Crane. In a nod to the long time readers with an incredible attention to detail, you must might be thinking “Hey you ‘if you like your plan you can keep your plan period’ apprentice – that bird isn’t making its debut. You already have one of those from your visit to the Indianapolis Zoo.” Wow, that was harsh but unlike the reference, I was telling the truth.
A very similar Crane was posted previously on the blog back in Feb 2013 (link here). Although that bird had a similar palette around the face and definitely a match on the spiky head piece, that was actually a Grey Crowned Crane. Unless you saw these two birds together you probably wouldn’t be able to make the distinction, but as you can see in the shots of the Black Crowned Crane, the body is more … wait for it .. black. Those clever namers never cease to surprise me.
Hit the jump to read more about this royal bird!
