I spent the past 3 days tracking Sand Hill Cranes. I heard them from my backyard and took a compass reading of the direction I heard them. I tried to find them in my Van by driving the roads around my house. Then I decided I own Hi Tech equipment, so why not use it? I took a GPS reading of where I took the compass reading in my backyard. I went on my laptop for my Garmin topo map program and marked my GPS location. Then I added the compass reading and found where that direction would intersect 2 different roads and noted the GPS co-ordinates. I drove to the first road that my compass reading would intersect, the GPS got me to within 10 feet of where it should have been. I stopped the car and listened and found the Sand Hill Cranes were feeding in a horse pature. I then did some research and found out who owned the pasture. I gave them a call to get permission to set up a portable blind to photograph the Sand Hill Cranes. I was denied because they didn't want to get sued if a horse stomped me. I HATE LAWYERS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO RUIN THIS COUNTRY!!!!!!! Now I start over and try to find out where else this flock of Sand Hill Cranes go.