Sandhill Crane mating dance
Feb 6, 2019 07:48:56 #
Here's a set of a couple different cranes getting their whoopee on... These mating dances are simply awesome to see!! At the height of the display hoping to win mating rights, the dancer picks up sticks and throws them into the air. My take is that this a demonstration of what this mighty crane will do to any eagles who mess with the babies if he is allowed to be the papa... And of course they authored the original "bob" that has been mimicked by NBA touchdown celebrations.
Feb 6, 2019 08:04:24 #
Feb 6, 2019 10:48:41 #
The object of his affection doesn't seem impressed...or is she just playing hard to get? Great series.
Feb 6, 2019 12:54:47 #
She may have better offers... What we see is always described as "indifferent" - who knows what a crane experience? She am curious though!
Feb 6, 2019 13:55:13 #
Feb 6, 2019 13:58:17 #
DirkWill wrote:
Here's a set of a couple different cranes getting their whoopee on... These mating dances are simply awesome to see!! At the height of the display hoping to win mating rights, the dancer picks up sticks and throws them into the air. My take is that this a demonstration of what this mighty crane will do to any eagles who mess with the babies if he is allowed to be the papa... And of course they authored the original "bob" that has been mimicked by NBA touchdown celebrations.
Fine series Dirk.
Feb 6, 2019 14:16:26 #
Thanks for the responses folks! And UTMike, good catch on the NFL! I didn't even notice - HA!
Feb 6, 2019 17:10:12 #
Feb 6, 2019 18:52:19 #
DirkWill wrote:
Here's a set of a couple different cranes getting their whoopee on... These mating dances are simply awesome to see!! At the height of the display hoping to win mating rights, the dancer picks up sticks and throws them into the air. My take is that this a demonstration of what this mighty crane will do to any eagles who mess with the babies if he is allowed to be the papa... And of course they authored the original "bob" that has been mimicked by NBA touchdown celebrations.
Very nice series, DirkWill
Feb 7, 2019 10:50:30 #
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Feb 7, 2019 16:40:48 #
Thank you for posting. Brings back memories of watching them in Nebraska when I was in college.
Feb 7, 2019 16:44:49 #
Great pictures--isn't it fun to shot nature in action!
I just returned from Japan where I saw thousands of cranes in two very different locations, the white-napped and the hooded cranes at the Araski Crane Reserve on Kyushu Island and red hooded cranes at Tsuri-Muro on Hakkaido. The first is the southern most and the second the northern most of the major islands of Japan. The red hooded cranes also did a lot of dancing-either just one crane or a couple, but we saw none in the southern island. We even had a couple of sightings of a lone sandhill there along with one sighting of a common(or Eurasian) crane. Apparently they got lost and stuck with the next large group they came upon. What a beautiful photo opportunity!
I just returned from Japan where I saw thousands of cranes in two very different locations, the white-napped and the hooded cranes at the Araski Crane Reserve on Kyushu Island and red hooded cranes at Tsuri-Muro on Hakkaido. The first is the southern most and the second the northern most of the major islands of Japan. The red hooded cranes also did a lot of dancing-either just one crane or a couple, but we saw none in the southern island. We even had a couple of sightings of a lone sandhill there along with one sighting of a common(or Eurasian) crane. Apparently they got lost and stuck with the next large group they came upon. What a beautiful photo opportunity!
Feb 7, 2019 18:39:12 #
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