Sandhill Crane, University Bay photo by Glenda Denniston	Sandhill Cranes in Soybeans, 2003

In 2003 Sandhill Cranes nested in the Bay.

For Margery Katz’s personal account of her encounter with the crane family, see:

In 2005 the Sandhill Cranes again nested in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, possibly in University Bay.  On June 25, Edgar Spalding, the field trip leader, spotted two Sandhill Crane colts by the Class of 1918 Marsh on the Friends of the Preserve’s “Pretty Things with Wings” field trip.  The adults have been regularly seen flying from the Marsh to the soybean fields and back.  A single colt was seen with the parents in the fields at the end of June.

The Cranes will probably continue to nest in the Preserve.  Please, if you see any crane chicks, let us know.  Please send your sighting dates and locations to Roma Lenehan (rlenehan@charter.net).