Photo Of The Day By Dave Skinner

By Kristan Ashworth

Updated May 5, 2016

Photo by Dave Skinner

Photo by Dave Skinner

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Sandhill Crane Sunrise” by Dave Skinner.

“Sandhill cranes migrate and winter in the flooded fields on Staten Island Road, just east of the Sacramento River in Central California,” explains Skinner.

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Your Favorite Places and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage and several images from the Assignment Gallery are picked to be featured in The Best Of Assignments section in the print magazine. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published December 8, 2015

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