At a recent assignment Way Out East...(anything east of I75 for those who live in West Bradenton) I was surprised by the frantic display of this sandhill crane who was dancing around and acting funky.
The bird was leaping and flapping and generally behaving in an un-birdlike manner, which can make for an interesting image if you actually get your camera up and firing instead of standing and gawking with incomprehension.
After finally getting a look at what all the fuss was about, it seems to be a piece of hay or grass.
Not something that I would flap about, but if you're a sandhill crane, maybe.
--Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
Grant Jefferies, a native of Palmetto and chief photographer at the Bradenton Herald, has been capturing moments in the lives of Manatee County residents for over 25 years. Images from the streets of Cuba and Haiti to the clay fields of the Little League World Series and beyond have been captured through the lenses of Jefferies' cameras. Jefferies can be found on his sailboat when his feet are not on land.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie is in her 13th year as a photojournalist at the Bradenton Herald. Through the years she has covered crimes and carnivals; feasts and floods. Her postings will vary from events in Manatee County's back yard to the work of photojournalists covering the stories of our times from around the world. 
Paul Videla has been a staff photographer with the Bradenton Herald since 2002, when he made the move from Detroit, Mich. When he's not working,
he enjoys hunting for unique LPs at the area's plethora of thrift stores and continually works to improve his baking chops(as the records spin and his dog waits for handouts).
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