Access On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes Of North America Depicted By Michael Forsberg Hardcover

from sandbars on the Platte River with clarion calls, the sandhill crane Grus canadensis feels the urgency of spring migration, Elegant, noble, and spiritual, the sandhill crane is one of the most ancient of all birds, More than a halfmillion strong, flying in squadrons, these majestic creatures point northward to their Arctic and subArctic breeding ranges, Theirs is an epic story of endurance through the ages,  Withstunning color photographs, On Ancient Wings presents sandhill cranes in their wild but increasingly compromised habitats today, Over the course of five years, Michael Forsberg documented the tall gray birds in habitats ranging from the Alaskan tundra, to the arid High Plains, from Cuban nature preserves to suburban backyards.
With an eye for beauty and an uncommon persistence, the author documents the cranes challenges to adapt and survive in a rapidly changing natural world.
Forsberg argues that humankind, for its own sake, should secure the cranes place in the future, On Ancient Wings intertwines the lives of cranes, people, and their common places to tell an ancient story at a time when sandhill cranes and their wetland and grassland habitats face daunting prospects.
Loved it, but I feel such a feeling of doom for them, I watch locally, as much of the cranes summer habitat has been developed into large massive homes, a golf course and even a cross country ski park, which is used for different events which draw in people, which I inevitably damages land.
I just don't see real answers, I like this book very much I think that it could teach people about cranes if they read this fantastic book, A loving meditation and exploration of the past, present, and future of the sandhill crane, Forsberg's passion for the cranes is evident throughout, and his photography is superb, Now if you'll excuse me, I need to plan a trip to the Sandhills, A great coffeetable book about Sandhill Cranes, I am from Nebraska and this is where they come through, about a halfmillion each year on their way south and they are beautiful birds.
Farmers don't like them as much, but they still are a sight to see and tens of thousands come from all over the world to see them migrate down by the Platte River.


Photos taken by one of Nebraska's most renowned photographers, Michael Forsberg, If you like Sandhill Cranes at all, or are just a aviary loving individual, you will enjoy just flipping through this book, If nothing else, it will look amazing on your coffee table or on your shelf, Michael Forsberg is a Nebraska native whoseyear career as a photographer and conservationist has been dedicated to wildlife and conservation stories in North Americas Great Plains, once one of the greatest grassland ecosystems on Earth.
His images have been featured in publications including Audubon, National Geographic, Nature Conservancy, and Outdoor Photographer magazines, His fine art prints are in public and private collections, and his solo exhibitions have traveled nationwide, In, Mike received the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography from the Sierra Club in Washington DC, and the Environmental Impact Award from the North American Nature Photography Association.
Also, inhis image of sandhill cranes on the Pl Michael Forsberg is a Nebraska native whoseyear career as a photographer and conservationist has been dedicated to wildlife and conservation stories in North Americas Great Plains, once one of the greatest grassland ecosystems on Earth.
His images have been featured in publications including Audubon, National Geographic, Nature Conservancy, and Outdoor Photographer magazines, His fine art prints are in public and private collections, and his solo exhibitions have traveled nationwide, In, Mike received the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography from the Sierra Club in Washington DC, and the Environmental Impact Award from the North American Nature Photography Association.
Also, inhis image of sandhill cranes on the Platte River was selected to illustrate USPSs Forever stamp celebrating Nebraskasyears of Statehood, In, his photograph of a Nebraska tallgrass prairie was issued as an international airmail stamp as part of the United States Postal Services American Scenes Series.
Mike is the author and photographer of On Ancient Wings The Sandhill Cranes of North America self published in, and Great Plains Americas Lingering Wild, published by the University of Chicago Press in.
He was featured in the NET Television documentary Crane Song, and co produced Great

Plains Americas Lingering Wild, based on his book of the same title, released on PBS in.
In, Mike co founded the Platte Basin Timelapse project PBT in partnership with the University of NebraskaLincoln and Michael Farrell Photography and Fine Art.
Today it operates as a long term multi media documentary project to inform scientific research, build education content, and tell stories of a Great Plains watershed in motion.
A documentary film for PBS, titled Follow the Water based on the project and Mike's traverse across the Platte Basin watershed was released on PBS nationally in.
Mike serves as faculty with the University of NebraskaLincoln and is a Fellow with the Center for Great Plains Studies and the Daugherty Water for Food Institute.
He is also a Senior Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers, and represented by the National Geographic Image Collection, He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with his family, a cat, and three unruly dogs, sitelink.