Torn and Tattered Whooping Crane - a photo on Flickriver

            A Whooping Crane family's flight to roost. The juvenile offspring is on the bottom. The adult on the top appears to have been in a recent, perhaps serious, altercation.
   

Taken on: December 24, 2023

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