{CaptionsBy}    InDyne, Inc.

{LastEditor}    Anita Barrett

{ScannedBy}     Seven/Still Photo Imaging

{author}        NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          08-May-2000

{description}   A pair of Sandhill Cranes searches for food with their still-
                fluffy fledgling close by. The trio have been seen wandering the
                grassy areas in the KSC Launch Complex 39 area. Sandhill cranes
                range from Siberia, Alaska and Arctic islands to Michigan,
                Minnesota and California; from Florida to Texas. They prefer
                large freshwater marshes, prairie ponds and marshy tundra. KSC
                shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife
                Refuge, which encompasses 92,000 acres that are a habitat for
                more than 331 species of birds, 31 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65
                amphibians and reptiles. The marshes and open water of the refuge
                provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as
                well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets,
                wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of
                marsh and shore birds, as well as a variety of insects.

{highres}       2670 x 1758

{highsize}      1268431

{hightype}      JPEG

{lowres}        320 x 211

{lowsize}       96187

{lowtype}       GIF

{mediumres}     1024 x 674

{mediumsize}    206210

{mediumtype}    JPEG

{number}        KSC-00PP-0624

{slideres}      172 x 147

{slidesize}     36411

{slidetype}     GIF

{tinyres}       100 x 66

{tinysize}      10072

{tinytype}      GIF

{title}         Sandhill cranes hunting food at KSC

{type}          Image

{end}