Photos: Wings over Willcox
Sandhill cranes take flight en masse from the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area during the 2014 Wings over Willcox Birding and Nature Festival. Photos by Daily Star photographer Kelly Presnell.
Sandhill Cranes
Sandhill cranes like these passing before the setting full moon at Whitewater Draw south of Willcox are a prime attraction for the Wings over Willcox birding festival. Event organizers fear a planned wind farm west of Willcox poses a danger to such birds.
Sandhill Cranes
Sandhill cranes alight along the shores of the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area as they come in for the night, Wednesday, January 15, 2014, McNeal, Ariz.
Sandhill Cranes
Shirlene Rossi-Kennedy and her husband Ray Kennedy spot a flock of sandhill cranes flying into the sunset over one of the observation platforms at the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, Wednesday, January 15, 2014, McNeal, Ariz.
Sandhill Cranes
Sandhill cranes are among the many species that could be adversely affected by the wind farm, but builders say they have taken every precaution.
Sandhill Cranes
Lawrence Busch photographs the sandhill cranes in the late afternoon as they gather in the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, Wednesday, January 15, 2014, McNeal, Ariz.
Sandhill Cranes
Participants in a Wings Over Wilcox photo safari brave the cold just after dawn to get shots of the sandhill cranes as they head north over Davis Rd. north of the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, Thursday, January 16, 2014, McNeal, Ariz.
Sandhill Cranes
A coot finds something tasty on a reed in one of the ponds at the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area, Wednesday, January 15, 2014, McNeal, Ariz.
Sandhill Cranes
A long line of sandhill cranes snake over the Mule Mountains west of the Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area as they head north to fee in the area corn fields, Thursday, January 16, 2014, McNeal, Ariz.
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