Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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You know as well as I do that lunching on the green is a very rare occurrence as they have the whole bloomin' golf course and all of the lawns to find their wormies. They aren't like pitbulls. What they are, are Sandhill Cranes with beautiful long legs and gorgeous bright red heads and they mate for life. My husband and I are doing the "mate for life" and it is working for us. BUT... We didn't have the red heads and HE has the beautiful legs. Just sayin'.
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Thank you.
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In Canada they call them American geese. I used to photograph weddings. More than once I tried to explain to a bride why they do not want to go to a particular park for pictures. I was never successful at talking them out of it. Hum, at the reception, turn to the left so we do not see the green stains on your white dress. |
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There is an interesting doctoral dissertation on sandhill cranes available at this government web site. https://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/p...l%20Cranes.pdf It seems that while they “mate for life,” a sizable percentage also get divorced! Sometimes that’s because they don’t get along, or because they don’t have breeding success, but sometimes it is because another bird butts in and one of the pair takes off with it. If this happens, they usually move to the nearest available space. (They tend to want almost a kilometer to a family.) I think about three fourths that show up with new mates are re-matings because one of the pair has died, and one fourth of the banded birds examined got divorced. It seems that they nearly always find another mate, preferably not far away. They don’t usually try to live alone in their own territory. “It is not good for birds to be alone.” Here is a quote from chapter 2 of the dissertation. |
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Sand Hill Cranes
They are just trying to make a living like the rest of us. They were here long before the golf course. As far as I'm concerned they can feed anywhere they want. The golf course can be repaired.
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Thank you so much for this fantastic photo! We love the Sandhills and those colts are adorable!
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Ohiobuckeye
Don’t tell anyone where this neat is,
that’ll be 100 people there all the time! The next thing that will happen is someone will try & walk up to the nest. Let them just enjoy looking at the picture! |
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Precious! Beautiful picture!💕
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Great picture!
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Baby crane
How did the baby have the strength to get on mommas back after just being born?
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Ohiobuckeye
That’s the nature of this kind of bird!
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