Shelby County gets some interesting people passing through, many here for the horse show in August. But over the weekend a farm in north Shelby County played host to some rare birds indeed.
Seventeen whooping cranes, the tallest and one of the rarest birds in North America, stopped at a Shelby County farm on their way to Florida. They were not alone. An entourage of four pilots in ultralight planes, pilots in a Cessna aircraft, and a ground team of handlers and support staff swooped in with the big birds.
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