Gray Crowned Crane

by Susan Molnar

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Gray Crowned Crane

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Susan Molnar

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Photograph - Photograph - Fine Art Photography, Digital Photo-art, Digital Photo-painting. All Work Is Digitally Signed And Year-dated By The Photographer/artist.

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Gray Crowned Cranes can be found in mixed wetland/grassland habitats in eastern and southern Africa, with the largest remaining populations in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and South Africa. They forage for grass seeds, small toads, insects, and other invertebrates. Gray crowned cranes are also known to forage on millet, potatoes, and soya beans being grown on farms near their habitats. They roost in water or perched in high spots like trees or electricity poles. Gray crowned cranes also come together as flocks—but only outside of breeding season.

Once they meet their mates, gray crowned cranes are monogamous. Couples dance together and preen one another’s necks, which helps strengthen their bond. Gray crowned cranes are also highly territorial during the breeding season, which usually takes place in the rainy months when wetlands are less accessible to predators. Moving away from the flock, breeding couples build nests in or along the edges of the wetlands, where they lay up to four eggs at a time.

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