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Unexpected Visitors Amaze Children at Carpenter Elementary

View photos of the wildlife spotted outside a Lake Orion school this week.

A wildlife lesson leapt from schoolbooks to reality Tuesday at Carpenter Elementary. 

Children inside the Lake Orion classrooms were amazed when two Sandhill Cranes were nearby throughout the day. The honorary students approached the windows, allowing the kids to view them close up, according to Kris Murphy, a substitute teacher who snapped several shots of the long-legged birds

View Murphy's photos above. 


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