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January 27, 2008
The Tale of the Turtle and the Crane
A few days ago, the sand cranes were in the backyard and one was seated, which I've never seen them do. I wonder if she was laying eggs or something. Then a poor, unsuspecting turtle came moseying through the lawn on his way to the lake. Momma Crane had a fit.
She got up, walked over to the turtle and started warning him away with a lot of squawking and wing flapping. (It's important to note here that the wingspan of a sand hill crane is something like seven feet. This bird is about a hundred times bigger than the turtle.) Poor turtle was surely saying, "Look, lady, relax. I'm just passing through." The turtle wasn't heading toward her nesting spot (or whatever it was). He never did turn in that direction. But that didn't stop Momma Crane from dogging him all the way down to the water, screaming the whole way some crane version of "Yeah, that's right. You just keep on walking."
It was so cool. I wish I had been able to videotape it.
Posted by Selena at January 27, 2008 12:50 PM