Cranes at Creamer's

The rain finally stopped and the sun has been peeking out now and again, although high temps were still in the 40s with a frost warning tonight.  We went by Creamer's Field for a while this morning and there are still Cranes hanging around, although not the numbers that would normally still be here.  I believe a good many have already headed south for warmer climes.

Although there were a lot of clouds, there was enough sunshine for some decent photos of the old dairy barns.  Sunshine and 60 degrees is forecast for later in the week and I'm hoping we'll have a bit more of that before winter settles in!

I'm linking with Tom at The Barn Collective

and Eileen's Saturday's Critters.

Summer's End

I haven't posted since back in June.  I've been enjoying our short summer and spending time with family visiting from out-of-town, and just have had a hard time sitting down at my computer.  Now Fall is in the air with cooler weather and the leaves starting to turn color, and I'm spending more time indoors.  We've had heavy rain for most of the week, but I took some photos at Creamer's Field earlier in the week.

This weekend is the Crane Festival at Creamer's Field, and the Sandhill Cranes have been gathering.  Of course, they don't care what us crazy humans are doing--they're just stocking up and feeding the family before heading south.  The Crane pair below has two colts this year, the two with the rusty patches on their heads.  They'll develop the distinctive red patches this winter.

The weather hasn't been conducive to getting really good shots of the Cranes so far this year, but the photo below was taken on August 27th, 2011 when we had some lovely sunny weather.  It's my Index No. 0047, which I'm linking with Gaelyn's Foto Friday Fun 126.

I'm also linking with Good Fences #75

at the Run "A" Round Ranch Report.