One of my favorite places to visit in the fall is Crex Meadows Wildlife Area in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. The main reason for this is because there are a lot of Sandhill Cranes that stop here in the fall and I love cranes! There are lots of other birds as well, but the cranes tend to steal the show. Since Crex is a bit of a drive from Grand Portage, I drove to Duluth the night before and crashed at my brother's place. I woke the next morning at 4:30 to make the almost 2 hour drive from Duluth to Crex. I arrived with plenty of time to scope out a nice spot for sunrise.
I found this nice pond along Main Dike Road that was just the right angle for sunrise. And, there were cranes in the pond :-) Once I found this spot I sat and waited for the sun to rise. About 20 minutes later the sky began to glow with beautiful colors. As the light got brighter and warmer I could start to see the cranes moving around in the water. They were a beautiful sight to see with the water reflecting the colors of the sunrise!
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