Watchful Mom-To-Be Thwarts Alligator Attack By Stephanie Farmer
While at Crystal Springs covering the Native Plant Conference, I snapped some photos of this dutiful Sandhill Crane mom-to-be.
Gently rotating each of her eggs
Returning from an evening meal – yes mom’s need a break too!
Volume 39 • Number 4 • 2012 • Farm & Ranch News
The caretakers of the spring told me how they had witnessed a botched alligator attack. As the gator approached, the mom let out a shrill call for help. Suddenly a flock of sandhill cranes from out of nowhere, swooped around the nest to protect it and the mom. Rather than face the mob of sharply billed cranes, the alligator slipped back into the river.
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