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Sandhill cranes have adopted a Canada gosling
- sparrish 1y agoThese cranes will regret inviting a Canadian Cobra Chicken into their family. They are evil and will attack everything you love. (I hate geece)
- amitav1 1y agoHow dare you insult the Waterloo Navy like that! Unpatriotic scum!
- nofriend 1y agoThey're remarkably standoffish outside of the city. They'll scurry as soon as you come close, unless they're nesting, at which point they stand forlorn a marked distance away from their nest waiting for you to leave.
- analog31 1y agoOddly enough, within town, they're remarkably tame. Maybe with enough humans around, they learn that we're not a threat, and it's costly to evade a non threat. Likewise the turkeys. My daily bike commute goes past a public golf course, and there's usually a pair of cranes there, sometimes with little ones. They ignore me.
- macintux 1y agoI suspect that depends on the nesting status. Long ago I worked in an office building where a mated pair would frequently raise their chicks outside the front door, and before the eggs hatched they would aggressively harass anyone walking to the building.
- cyberax 1y agoIf you've got a problem with Canada Gooses, you've got a problem with me. And I suggest you let that one marinate.
- weregiraffe 1y agoI always marinate my Canada Gooses before cooking
- brailsafe 1y agoI mean, as far as I'm concerned they're entitled to be. I'd be pretty pissed off too if I was forced to nest in a ditch between the highway and the Walmart parking lot.
- globular-toast 1y agoI've heard this a lot about geese and swans. It doesn't match my experience at all. These birds won't just randomly attack you, but they will stand their ground and defend themselves and their families. I've come to believe the people who think these birds are aggressive are either the bully kids who chase ducks and pigeons but were shocked when a goose refused to be bullied, or people with zero empathy or respect and can't understand not to get in another animal's face or at least understand they don't want you to come any closer.
- DuperPower 1y agothere was a Game about a psychopath goose destroying lives that didnt help
- lostlogin 1y agoUntitled Goose Game!
- distances 1y agoI think you mean the Untitled Goose Game? That's a fun short indie game where you are in control of the goose. If someone associates those actions with real life geese, there's some big disconnect about how the world works.
- Zak 1y agoIt's also unreasonable to describe the actions of the goose in the game as "destroying lives". They range from friendly interactions to harmless pranks to very mild revenge on people who are mean to the player character.
- fallingfrog 1y agoMy kids love that game! But it's not destroying lives, more like committing a series of naughty pranks (like, you can sneak into a TV studio and interrupt a broadcast by honking and flapping about).
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- petermcneeley 1y agoHere is another Canadian Gosling that has also found itself south of the border https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Gosling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Gosling
- impure 1y agoIt's Brightbill!
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- mips_avatar 1y agoThere’s a mating pair of sandhill cranes that will raise chicks in my parents backyard every couple years. They’re surprisingly big birds and are really nice to see each year
- cbdevidal 1y agoI have lived in northeast Florida all my life and never saw these until we moved 60 miles to the southeast. Just that little bit of distance and they’re everywhere. Really enjoy watching and hearing them.
- macintux 1y agoI rarely see them in Indiana, but hearing them fly overhead while migrating is a joy. Such a distinctive call. I just discovered there's a map of places to find them: https://sandhillfinder.savingcranes.org/near https://sandhillfinder.savingcranes.org/near
- stockresearcher 1y agoIn the NW, from the lake down to the Kankakee River, there are a number of state park, national park, and private nature reserve properties that host huge numbers of them. Essentially, what you need is preserved wetlands and they will land. But yeah, that is not the kind of land farmers want to keep around.
- macintux 1y agoI almost mentioned the Jasper-Pulaski FWA. I've visited once or twice during migration season, very impressive. Depressing, however, just how much smaller the wetlands are now thanks to settlement. Up to 1 million acres lost.
- codingdave 1y agoWe have a couple in our yard every year, too. They know us at this point and while they aren't exactly friendly, they don't run away when we are near or drive by, either. We also have another pair in our wetlands who are definitely unfriendly. Just step foot within their sight and they yell at you until you leave. We get a ton of them around us every year... we live in one of the areas where they gather before they migrate, so each spring and fall, they will all converge together for a day or two before taking off, and we'll see anywhere from a few dozen to a couple hundred together in a field. If anyone is curious, this map shows where they are at different times of year: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sandhill_Crane/maps-range https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sandhill_Crane/maps-rang...
- chc4 1y ago...And this is how I learn that the line "Steele Dakota's sandhill crane" from mewithoutYou's Nine Stories is talking about a bird species and not a literal mechanical crane. Apparently they have the largest sculpture of a sandhill crane in the world at 40ft (which makes more sense in the context of the song than a mechnical one!) https://www.ndtourism.com/steele/attractions-entertainment/family-fun/worlds-largest-sandhill-crane https://www.ndtourism.com/steele/attractions-entertainment/f...
- 0xbadcafebee 1y ago"Somebody found a copy of the shell script I wrote for HPUX and is using it on Windows as if that's normal"
- jeleh 1y agoSince the article is from June, does anyone know what happened to the gosling?
- not_the_fda 1y agoStill here https://www.reddit.com/r/madisonwi/comments/1oh6f53/saw_the_squad_tonight/ https://www.reddit.com/r/madisonwi/comments/1oh6f53/saw_the_...
- jimnotgym 1y ago>Such interspecies adoptions appear to have become more common in recent years Or humans have been noticing them more. If this happened every year in a deserted area then nobody would know. Equally if some yokel saw it happening regularly in the past, they probably wouldn't have contacted anyone who would publish it to the world. They also probably were not carrying a camera in their pocket.
- bcraven 1y agoParagraph 3: "At the same time, people are paying closer attention to birds, notes Lacy, and are focusing on this pairing because it’s weird."
- jhanschoo 1y agoI agree that the phrasing lacks some self-awareness. It can well be true that pairings of this nature are only just becoming common, but the cuckoo is infamous for parasitically getting other host avians to rear it while a fledging.
- shagie 1y agoOn Reddit, /r/MadisonWI has had photo posts of updates for them. The most recent post was last night - https://www.reddit.com/r/madisonwi/comments/1oh6f53/saw_the_squad_tonight/ https://www.reddit.com/r/madisonwi/comments/1oh6f53/saw_the_...
- egiboy 1y agoI thought this was about Sand Hill Road funded startups welcoming University of Waterloo interns. Oh well.
- richardfontana 1y agoI might also note that James Gosling is Canadian.
- whalesalad 1y agoThese birds are really neat. I live in rural Michigan and they’re every where here. - they’re the oldest enduring species of bird on our planet (been around for millions of years) - they make a very unique call - it’s loud and prehistoric and definitely makes me think pterodactyl - they’re often called the ribeye of the sky due to their meat (haven't tried it myself, yet) - they fly in V patterns like geese - they pair up and remain monogamous for their lives I’d love to attend the migration one day and see them all together in one spot. The videos on YouTube are surreal.
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- HeyLaughingBoy 1y agoWhy is it startling? We're predators and meat is tasty.
- butler533 1y agoYou looked at the photos in the article and thought, "I'm hungry"? I think not, which means you are not a predator - just conditioned to believe in it by modern agriculture.
- IAmBroom 1y agoMy favorite wildlife joke: You know that geese fly in V's to reduce air resistance, right? Ever notice that one side of the V is often longer than the other? You know why? (At this point, you will get a pause, followed by a hesitant but very carefully worded explanation about northern hemisphere rotation, rising air, sun glints, or what-have-you.) Nope. It's because geese can't count.