Common Crane...in the rain...... Here's a Common Crane taken just after a rain shower while I was in Estonia last year. Largely confined to eastern and northern Europe the Crane is migratory and large numbers winter in Iberia. It is reckoned to have bred in Ireland up to the 14th century and, as the population is recovering and moving westward, may do so again - possibly as a re-introduction. They are magical and elegant birds with a most haunting and evocative call; be nice to see them regularly.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
