Summoned from Sleep, by Cranes

Every winter sunrise, a mated pair of highly endangered whooping cranes rises from an unremarkable cow pond on the edge of Tallahassee.  Prompted by the light, they stretch their vast pearl wings and take flight. In the privacy of the undeveloped wetlands and fields of the eastern county, they forage, dance and preen.   Most evenings, the two birds return to the safety of the same shallow pond. Most nights.  But whether they do or they don’t, Karen Willes will … Continue