Cranes during Summer

Here in the Eifel Region I'm used to cranes migrating south in fall and going back north in spring. Yesterday I have been suprised by seeing some cranes using the thermic here to gain altitude and flying onwards north.

There are about 9000 breeding pairs in Germany, but usually not in the Eifel region but in the north like Mecklenburg-Vorpommern or Brandenburg.

Lucky that I had been outside in the garden.

Links and References:

http://www.bsh-natur.de/uploads/BSH_3_11_Kranich_final.pdf

https://rheumatologe.blogspot.com/2019/10/cranes-going-south.html

https://rheumatologe.blogspot.com/2018/03/cranes-returning-north.html

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