Hey birders! Can you help i.d. this bird?

American Valley, Quincy, Plumas County, CA.

Went out for a short walk yesterday, to one of my favorite spots.  As I got there I saw these two birds.  When I got back home I tried to i.d. this bird species; no luck.  Closest I can get is… ?  A warbler of some species?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Now this one I know.  But this is the first time I’ve ever photographed it.  A grand bird, I daresay.

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis).  Photographed at full 34x zoom, from about ¼ mile away.

We get lots of Sandhill Cranes around here but they’re usually either flying high and out of sight and all you get is their unmistakable call, or they’re off out far away in a field or meadow and very difficult to photograph.  Before I got this photo several other Sandhills had already flown off just as I was getting set to sit down and observe.  These birds, I guess, have good eyesight and aren’t comfortable with people around, even from quite some distance away.

I’m just tickled pink that I finally have a Sandhill photo.

Here’s another, but a bit out of focus:

Besides birds there were a few deer.

Mama deer

Fawn.  One of two observed, but the two fawns were too far apart to get a good photo of both of them at the same time.

Here’s hoping you are able to get out and enjoy the natural world too.