Anie Dillard mentions that tame barnyard fowl(foul?)
get agitated and restless when they hear their
wild cousins flying over...stirs their souls...
I especially react when i hear the "chortle" of
Sand Hills Cranes flying over..their call is more
musical than the ducks and geese, and their legs and
necks ever so much longer. The Sand Hills are in
Western Nebraska, and I remember an experiment I
heard of once there where the rare whooping crane
(eggs or chicks?) were adopted into the more plentiful
Sand hills crane nest or colony--with a successful
out come as i remember..
....thread creep here....other migrating water fowl
sand hills crane
whooping cranes
My children and I were fortunate to observe the fantastic
mating dances of the Sand Hills Cranes once west of the Teton
mountains in Idaho--Very Exhillarating, for us and the birds no doubt.