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I am a male Sandhill Crane
My eye kind of looks like a marble.
But it's just my nictitating membrane
Which keeps stuff out of my eye that might be harmful.
(Special bonus post: Check out my latest video featuring baby Roseate Spoonbills.)
Photo and text © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson