Sandhill Crane

 The cranes began to pass through Wyoming as March unfolded. There was one morning when I noticed a pair of cranes along the side of the highway. To my delight, they began to dance for each other in courtship. I do not think I have ever seen something so simultaneously instinctual yet impulsive, dorky yet graceful, so utterly beautiful though I was doubled over laughing with wonder at it all.

c. Christina Baal 2015