Hi --

We had checked this same area at about 11:00 AM and the crane was not
visible (if there) -- this shows that the bird does wander a bit and
repeated cruising around the area may pay off.

Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD
on 03/07/2010 4:32 PM, Jackie Cooper at  wrote:

> We found the Sandhill Crane in a field off of River Road between the NIH
> facility and the Patton Turf Farm.  The crane was along the wood line in a
> field that includes the  large powerline right of way on the right side of
> the road if you were heading towards the turf farm from NIH.  It was about
> 2.6 miles from the junction of River Road and Elmer School Road.  <snip>
> 
> Jackie Cooper