Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping cranes close to the shore with sone decent light even though the light produced some dark shadows. The flock had just arrived from its breeding grounds in northern Canada.

Photographed November 20, 2007 on the small outer islands at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, near Rockport, Texas. It was toward the end of the tour when we finally found some whooping cranes close to the shore with sone decent light even though the light produced some dark shadows. The flock had just arrived from its breeding grounds in northern Canada.