Roughly ten thousand sandhill cranes spend the winter at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico.   Many of them feed in corn fields, such as the one planted by Refuge staff near the 'Farm Deck' observation area, where I took these photos.

• Canon 1D Mk. II or 1D3, 500 mm IS lens plus 1.4X or 2X converter (2004, 2005, 2007)