Sandhill Crane Migration From as Far as Siberia


Photo by J.T


Saturday we made a trip to Whitewater Draw, near Willcox, Arizona to see the migration of the sandhill cranes.  There were thousands of them in flight, and the sight amazed all who saw it.  As many as 30,000 cranes migrate in this area, and they come from as far away as Siberia.

They came in groups one group followed by another in continuous flights from around ten o'clock in the morning until around two-thirty in the afternoon.  We always new when a new group approached, because the ones already on the ground called them in.  There would be silence from the flocks on the ground, and then slowly we heard the cooing call arise louder and louder as the newest flock approached.  This amazed me, for it sounded as they encouraged the new groups in as though to say, "We are here, the long journey  has ended, come in and rest."  When the new flock landed, silence returned over the area once again.

The Lord's creation always causes great wonder in me.  Some might say long evolutionary processes have caused this to happen, but I shall never believe that.  My faith says,  only God could cause this amazing journey to take place. 

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork." Psalm 19:1.

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