Sandhill Crane

⚠️ **Not an Oaks Bottom bird.** These photographs were taken **in a cornfield just outside Portland, in autumn** — which is exactly where to look for them. Cranes stage in harvested farmland on the city's edge each fall, one of the great wildlife events within reach of town. Included because the crane is the bird two other entries keep pointing at: the one a Great Blue Heron is mistaken for, and the coot's nearest relative.