For the past eight years, Madison resident and wildlife photographer Alan Ginsberg has been following eight pairs of sandhill cranes at half a dozen nesting sites in Dane County.
One pair in particular comes back to a smaller pond close to friends of his who live on the city’s west side.
Since April, Ginsberg and his friends have watched as the birds laid a pair of eggs in a nest on the banks of the pond, with one hatching into a fluffy colt. Not long after that, water levels rose from recent rains and flooded the nest. It’s unclear what happened to the other egg, but the birds soon went in search of a new home…