Saturday, 25 October 2014
The Cranes heading south
Yesterday the first of the Cranes passed overhead on their way south for the Winter.
My cheap €70 Fuji camera obviously doesn't capture the real beauty of the occasion, but here it is anyway. I hope you can see and hear them; it might be clearer on YouTube.
What a wonderful sight, and sound.
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Soon they will be over our sky.
I always find their passage very emotional.
I have only ever seen cranes in captivity - it must be quite a sight - like geese they seem to feel the need to make a whole lot of noise whilst they are flying in formation.
I presume they're just saying 'we're here' to each other, but to us it sounds like 'goodbye, we'll see you again in spring'. You can even just hear Lady magnon saying goodbye to them at the beginning of the clip.
Just this week on my drive to work early morning the paddocks have been full of cranes, well think they are cranes white body black head all heads down in the grass.
Has been a lovely sight.
Are they residents? Oz seems to have a bit of everything.
An amazing spectacle …… I'm not sure if I've ever seen cranes ' en masse ' but we do see Canada Geese.
You do have a lovely voice Cro. XXXX
You're the first person 'ever' to say that... Thank you, Jacqueline (although I can't believe it's true).
Amazing.
Lovely to watch. I often stand and look up while the Canada Geese fly overhead in the same formation heading south. It is quite the sight.
I had never heard a crane's 'trill' before but the other morning I was walking the dog early in the park. There was no one else around and I heard this sound coming up behind me. I turned thinking it was a bike or something but, nothing. It freaked me out for a moment until the crane flew over my head.
Delightful little film.
Jean x
Oh that was an emotional clip. It was good to hear your and Lady Magnon's voice too. Soon the cranes will land in certain parts of Africa. Enjoy your weekend. Jo
Your film made my little weenie bark. See ducks and geese flying south, but don't know if I've ever seen cranes. The hummingbirds and butterflies have all flown south, but I have my feeders full for the little birds that stay behind.
they make quite a racket down't they?
I just watched it with Real Madrid and Barcelona in the background. It was a wonderful sight and I could feel the emotion even above the football.. I liked hearing your voices too. I loved it actually.
Wonderful. I love the way they fly over in formation of a perfect arrow head.
Sadly the only cranes around here are the big yellow mechanical ones. We do have storks though. I go to see them in Rust on the Neusiedlersee which is a steppe lake on the Hungarian border. They left ages ago it seems to me on their long journey south.
Time to fill up those feeders, and keep their water bowls filled.
Not sure, never seen them there before. If I wasn't always late for work I could stop and get a photo!
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