It is much easier to take photos of plants than birds. Therefore this article is short.
The
common crane (
Grus grus), also known as the
Eurasian
crane, Kranich in German, kurki in Finnish, is a
bird
of the family
Gruidae, the
cranes. The Common Crane is a large, stately bird. It
is 100–130 cm tall with a 180–240 cm wingspan. Crane is slate-grey overall. The forehead and
lores are blackish with a bare red crown and a white streak extending from behind the eyes to the upper back. The species is a long distance
migrant predominantly wintering in northern
Africa.
You cannot avoid seeing cranes when driving through South Western Finland in June. These are having lunch at Purmojärvi. Cranes eat everyting, plants, roots, leaves, seeds, potatoes, fruit, fish, snails, crabs, rodents, small birds, Cranberry got its name from cranes.