Only spent one morning out in Bosque this year on my way back home from Christmas, so didn't have a lot of chances especially at the cranes close up. They spent most of the morning I was there at a decent distance. So went back through some old files from last year. Some may not like the cluttered beak, but I think it tells the story of how they gather food in the muck.
A1
200-600mm
1.4 TC
shot at 840mm
1/4000 at f/9
ISO 800