The Goose Who Thinks He is a Sandhill Crane
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2011
- In Homer, Alaska, there lives a goose who thinks he is a Sandhill Crane. He travels all over Homer with the cranes, eating, sleeping, and flying with them. He takes no guff from any of the cranes. It will be interesting to see if the goose makes it down to the wintering grounds in California with the cranes and back again in the spring.
While this all makes a nice story, it is likely this goose was simply alone and joined the flock for protection. Other geese were seen with Sandhill Crane flocks around Homer in subsequent years, so it is a good strategy for these geese to join a flock, even if it is another species.
On All Levels Except Physical, I am a sandhill crane
No, unfortunately, the goose was never seen again. We will never know what happened to him. Yes, the cranes are in Lodi. Just had a report from Gary Ivey, the researcher who works this area for ICF that C003 who raised 2 colts with her mate this summer was seen at Stone Lakes NWF yesterday. I am presenting "Raising Kid Colt" Sunday at the Lodi Festival. Lots of cranes here now. Thanks for your comments.
When I lived in Virginia Beach there was a Greylag Goose living with a group of Canada Geese on the pond at the end of my yard who to all intents and purposes, appeared to think he was a Canada Goose, and was accepted as one of them. One day, he was darted in the leg by some ******** hunter. After crapping all over me and pecking my arm black and blue he agreed to get in my car and come to the vet surgery with me. Happily, he made a full recovery, but by the time I brought him back to the pond, his disguise had worn off. His former buddies drove him away when he tried to approach and he spent the next couple of weeks miserably hiding in the reeds at the edge of the pond with his head tucked under his wing. Then he disappeared. Next time i saw him was the following spring with a wife and some very bonny little Greylag goslings. He was very grand and important and gave only a small sign of recognition to me as he paraded his family past me. Naturally I blubbed like a baby. I'm not sure who he was bringing the family back for: me or his former buddies. "How you like me now?" Anyway, I understood the lesson: what looks like bad news isn't always bad news in the long run. Also, wear overalls before you pick up a goose.
That is quite the saga. Thanks for sharing!
In Europe, where there are native greylag populations and introduced Canada geese, this is not a rare sight. Sometimes they mate and produce hybrids, which are usually sterile.
@@ZakWilson I had no idea! Thankyou for this. 👍
The Clayton Bigsby of cranes
00:46 the crane staring down at the goose: "What is this thing?"
Yes!
Geese are incredibly versatile. We raised domestic geese of a variety of types, and they make great garden weeders, when the plants you want are big enough to not be on their menu. They snarf up the little weeds very efficiently, though. Oh, and don't let them in with the strawberries when they start coming in. They LOVE strawberries!
Cynthia Albrecht So do cranes! I know what you mean about geese. We have pet geese here. Fun to watch.
At my local park, there is a big Chinese swan goose that I sometimes see traveling with Canada goose families.
+Samuel Callejo Just shows these interspecies mingling happens more than we know.
This was a great video. I appreciated the commentary. fyi I'm writing this at 3 am having been unable to sleep because of noisy cranes trumpeting. lol.
They make the goose seem tinny. But other than swans, they are considered large birds.
Talk about an identity crisis . . .
Wow! Great video Nina. To think that he hatched out in the nest of crane and then was raised by the flock is really something!
That is hilarious! So cute!
There is one a gal from the Neighborhood Watch in Sterling posted with a group of cranes, as well. If it's not the same, I wonder how often this happens. Very cool, loved your video!
Apparently mallards do it as well. Two are hanging and flying with a flock in Homer. I do not know how often this happens but check out this video: www.audubon.org/news/this-sandhill-crane-couple-adopted-baby-goose
@KutWrite (continued): I have also come to an understanding with two or three of the geese. They can take food from my hands, as long as they don't bite me, hiss at me, or try to break my arms with their wings. However, I'm not quite that friendly with the other wildlife here in the Chicago suburbs, i.e.: skunks, raccoons, red-tailed hawks, and coyotes.
Thanks for your sandhill crane videos, they are nice.
Kentucky just opened a hunting season on sandhill cranes and there is much public opposition to the hunt. Letters to the editor of the two main Kentucky newspapers (the Herald-Leader in Lexington and the Courier Journal in Louisville) from out of state residents opposing the hunt are very helpful.
Thanks
Very interesting! Thank you!
Thanks! That is the theory and rather makes sense. He seems very imprinted on cranes!
The goose never was seen again, unfortunately. I was just in Lodi showing my video "Raising Kid Colt" at the crane festival. Someone did see one of our banded Homer cranes there at Stone Lakes NWR.
I noticed that he was eating a lot of grass, and when he is where corn is available, he does eat that. There is a pond on our property so he can get some aquatic food there. Likely they roost in a place where there is water, so he can also feed there.
We believe we have a photo of this goose with this flock of crane flying overhead at Ft. Greeley, AK. We were on vacation in the fall of the same year and we have a photo of the goose being in the lead of the flock of cranes. It was truly amazing. We are glad we found this video about this flock.
Interesting, but unlikely. If your photo was taken at Fort Greeley, that is a different goose. The one in the video would have gone straight south from the Kenai Peninsula and would not have gone north to Greeley. I think geese hanging with cranes is not as uncommon as we think. National Geographic posted many photos, last summer I believe, of a crane pair raising a goose gosling.
you gotta admit, that is a good practical joke to play
@KutWrite: I live in Illinois, and we have tons of geese here year 'round. Yes, they eat veggies, mostly lawns and golf courses here (LOL!). They MAY eat some meat, but they are mostly vegetarians. The geese here in my condo complex in Buffalo Grove, IL, will also eat anything that I toss out to them: they LOVE left-over cat food, not to mention stale chips/tortillas/bread. (continued below)
Wow great video! xD
Comic gold right here.
Things would be very different if it would be in reverse. Canadian geese is very aggressive and territorial.
@mountainjustice Thanks, will do.
i so enjoyed your video and notice you posted september: 2011,,did the goose return to Homer? Its now nov 2012. Was he ever seen again, do you know??? i live in northern california and im told the cranes are now in LODI,CA where they have a crane festival this weekend...i would love to see them. i live near the Bolinas lagoon near an egret rookery. Big or little its a wonderful feeling to watch birds take flight......very fun video, Nina..
Gimmy who thinks he’s a crane like Lucy?
Thanks for the reply
It could be that ours flew south to homer. Our sighting was on 8-24-11 and we watch them fly by going south. The flock can go up to 650 miles and fly for 6hs and fly at 60 miles an hour. Which could possibly be to your area? I do have several photo that show the goose taking the lead in the V formation and then leading the flock there were 26 all together. It was so strange. I sent some of the photos to a bird specialist at New Mexico State Univ. and he said he has never seen that happen. He said they do hang out together in the fields. I really think it is the same group. The timing and the distance makes it possible. Plus seeing your video out of the blue? Coincidence? I think not. Thanks.
Probably not. The cranes coming out of Fairbanks are mid-continent flyway. Homer's cranes are Pacific Flyway. Two separate travel routes, and I suspect your goose stayed with its cranes heading to Nebraska and further south.
SH cranes and Canada geese flock together when migrating for added protection against ground predators.
so NINA did the goose return the following year??
He probably thinks they are geese
did the goose stay with the flock?
We don't know. The goose was not seen the next summer.
wow
We don't know what the Goose thinks. Lone Geese will take shelter in the protection of a high-flying flock not their own, when they are separated from theirs for whatever reason. There is safety in numbers, far better than isolation. This is a big reason why herd-animals and flock-animals form herds and flocks. That does not mean the Goose thinks he is another sub-species of bird, or that he is confused. To assume that, is presumption. A lone Canadian Goose landing where other high fliers are resting or feeding is not so unusual. They are utilizing the safety of Flock.
I think you are correct, but it does make a fun story for folks to enjoy.
@@aknina51 The problem is that unknowing-people, particularly the young who don't know any better, tend to believe false stories, whether they are intended to be " fun" or not. The truth is always important. A Disclaimer should be used for " Funning", just as a Riddle is labeled a Riddle, a Joke is labeled a Joke, a Parable is labeled as well. If not, there will be those that will believe you. We are living in a time when people aren't thinking, aren't teaching their children sufficiently, when people often " swallow" what they are told without evaluating it. While serious consideration of this might seem to be " a downer", as adults, we have the responsibility to speak plainly for the sake of the young. If we want to share a funny fictional story, we should label it so.
You are right, there is so much fake news on the Internet, and many folks do need additional info, so I added this in the video description: "While this all makes a nice story, it is likely this goose was simply alone and joined the flock for protection. Other geese were seen with Sandhill Crane flocks around Homer in subsequent years, so it is a good strategy for these geese to join a flock, even if it is another species."
Thanks for your comments.
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SO did you little confused Goose return with his Sandhill Crane flock this year ??
that goose sexually identifies as a crane
arte0021 what does species have to do with what you just said
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