A Deeper Green

So yesterday I made the trek out to Medaryville, IN. The town is pretty special to me because it’s where my mom grew up. Every year growing up we made several trips to the town to visit my grandparents, and I always really enjoyed the flavor of life there.

Yesterday I went down there with one of my jobs to go to the Jasper-Pulaski County Fish and Wildlife Area. This fantastic wildlife area is a great viewing site for migrating Sandhill Cranes in the late winter and in fall. November is typically peak viewing time for the cranes.

Yesterday the numbers were not as great as we might have expected, but the experience was still marvelous beyond belief.

Sadly, I didn’t get any pictures, so I can’t share those with you, but I can share this great Chicago Wilderness article about it with you.

Yesterday was one of those great experiences. For about an hour there were cranes flying in over our heads in droves. They all landed on the field in front of us, some just resting, some eating, and some taking naps. It was really a very magical experience. For those of you who live in the area, I fully recommend taking the trip. If you can’t make it this fall you can go again in March, or simply wait until next fall. Luckily these cranes seem to be here to stay as we have provided them with some pretty good habitat.

Also, some people have been lucky enough to see the endangered Whooping Crane while visiting the viewing tower. We didn’t have the pleasure yesterday, but one of my co-workers mentioned that she got that pleasure last year. That alone seems like a good enough reason to try to make it out there.

But then again, I am a huge nerd for stuff like that