feather tie 2007

They are found in the marshes, cultivated lands and grassy flatlands near
rivers and lakes in eastern Congo, Uganda, and Kenya to central Tanzania.
They are social and gregarious during most of the year, living in pairs or
family parties and congregating in flocks of up to 100 birds.
During the breeding season, pairs of cranes construct a large nest of
grasses and vegetation on marshy ground, in trees, in shallow water or
riverbeds. Two to three glossy, dirty-white eggs are laid, and both parents
take turns incubating them for 30 days.
This is the only crane to perch in trees, with a partiality for solitary trees
that afford a wide view.