Crane Fest, photo by .jowo..

Joel says that last weekend the Michigan Audubon Society and Battle Creek Kiwanis hosted Crane Fest at Baker Sanctuary, near Bellevue. The event celebrates the annual fall migration of the Sandhill Crane. While we’ve missed that, he writes:

Thousands of Sandhill Cranes gather at Big Marsh Lake every evening in October. Well worth your evening.

What my camera cannot capture is the glorious racket these large birds make. Absolutely incredible.

Shot from the Kiwanis Youth Area, which will be open from 4 to 7 every Saturday and Sunday in October. If you can’t make the festival, you can still see the spectacle. Go. You’ll enjoy!

Check this out background boomtacular and in his Baker Sanctuary slideshow.