Springtime in Alaska: cranes and cows.

The pasture on the edge of Palmer, Alaska, always has something going on. Last month it was a trampoline; Sunday (4/26) sandhill cranes showed up. Snow geese and Canada geese can't be far behind.

Years ago when I worked for Alaska Magazine, which is well-known for its wildlife pictures, we on the staff used to love herd pictures where we could carefully count all the animals and put the exact number in the caption and then defy readers to find them all. Once we even added an extra carubou just to fool people. When we did that a reader did catch us. Anyway, my friend Gail and I counted 39 cranes in this picture. Can you find them all? Hint: Count the legs and divide by two.