Cranes cackling up a storm.
As the cranes fly in they start cackling like crazy after they land. I don’t know if they are cursing at each other or calling each other names, because they started to fight.
A Craneku
Jumping up and down
Wings spread insults said they fight
Part of the routine
Off Center & Not Even 
Beautiful, exciting images.
Thanks, Susan.
Beautiful craneku
Thanks, Eunice.
You are welcome.
Beautiful
Thanks, Saania.
My pleasure
Beautiful pictures, Tim.
Thanks, LRPH.
My pleasure. Have a beautiful evening.
You too.
Love the sequence. Who won?
It’s hard to say. They just stop fighting. Thanks, Geoff.
Wonderful Craneku, Tim. Is it the boys showing off for the girls, I wonder? Some of the onlookers seem interested, others seem annoyed. What a marvelous population you have right in your backyard, You are blessed.
I think they just get annoyed with each other. They fly in, land awkwardly, and announce their landing by cackling up a storm. Then all of a sudden a fight breaks out. They hop, flap and cackle at each other for a few seconds and then go back to milling around as abrubly as the fight started and act like nothing happened. Thanks, Maj & Sher.
Incredible action shots!
Thanks, Michele.
These are such fascinating photos! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a crane up close, let alone fighting! That’s so cool! Thank you so much for sharing these photos with us and your creative craneku! 😃
You are welcome, S. I’m happy I can share the cranes with you. We are fortunate enough to get to see the cranes up close and personal all through the winter. They so much fun to watch and listen to.
That’s so cool! You’re so lucky. I love nature!
Wonderful to watch.
Thanks, Robertaa.
A lot of posturing going on there. That is a beautiful series, Tim!
Acting like boys. Thanks, Lavinia.
Very beautiful ruffians!
Ruffians is a good description. Thanks, Couriers.
What a lovely way to kick start my week: cranes mingling and writing ku! Thank you mr. paparazzo!
Thanks, Marina. I always like giving you a kickstart on Monday morning.
How cool are these! The way they look at each other cracks me up.
They are intense and in eathers beaks. Thanks, Nancy.
Schöne Kranichbilder. Ich sehe sie immer nur am Himmel.
That’s too bad. They are so much fun in person. You would love them. Thanks, einfachtilda.
OOh. I want to go dance in the river with the cranes.
Like River Dance? Do you do that fancy footwork arms at your side dancing? Thanks, Shey.
hell no. I am much more a free spirit.
I’m so happy to hear that. River Dance is too uptight for my liking.
Hell yeah. Mine too. And I often think of the horrific damage they must be doing to their ankles.
From may days dancing flamenco, my ankles were not as much of a problem as my lower back. But I don’t think the River Dancers pound the floor like we do in flamenco. RD is good aerobic exercise. One of our staff member’s daughters is learning RD. She says it’s super hard. I’m sure it is.
I gather most dancing ultimately does damage to the bit most danced on…as in hammered. What doesn’t to anyone mind you.
WOW! What an impressive series of dramatic photos of the melodramatic cranes. I can practically hear the hue and cry they were sending up.
If you are familiar with the crane cackle, you can imagines they are very loud when they argue. Thanks, Liz.
You’re welcome, Tim. I had to find a YouTube video for the cackling. A very strange sound.
Here’s a song and video with the cranes I posted a couple of years ago: https://wp.me/p1yQyy-5EL
Thanks for the link, Tim. I enjoyed the video.
That’s like some families I know. They fight because that’s what they do! No rhyme or reason… Fantastic shots!
Fighting is fun for all kinds of birdbrains. Thanks, Dale.
Hahaha! True enough!
It is interesting to imagine what the animals think. When I was growing up, we’d get these huge gatherings of Canadian geese by this pond near my parents’ house. Because I am really Jewish, I used to imagine that the geese were having a bar mitzvah party. Excellent photo series and craneku.
I’m sure they were having Branta bar mitzvahs when you were young. The cranes are very expressive. I really wanted to add dialogue to their fighting, but I controlled myself.
How lucky you are to witness such events! Great haiku and photography.
Thanks, Dawn.
They don’t talk about fight club! Great shots, Tim.
Plenty of talking during their Antigone antics. Thanks, Teri.
That’s so cool. Great shots.
Thanks, needham.
Great shots, Tim. There definitely is a conversation (or two) going on there.
I really wanted to fill in their conversations, but I restrained myself. Thanks, Bruce.
Looks like they are having a crazy good time!
I think they were. Thanks, Tiffany.
Wonderful work!
Thanks, Inge.
Wow this is so beautiful Tim. Fighting never looked so gorgeous if they are fighting. Anyone get killed?
Nothing fatal. Simple sparing. Thanks, Cindy.
oh good.. just fun good ole sparring.. i love it! 💞
Why does this remind me of Twitter? I guess it’s the birds. 😀
A lot of birdbrains cackling at each other? I don’t have Twitter, but I get the pickuter. Thanks, elmediat.
Timothy, this is a well written blog post about animals and the way they quarrel. The cranes do look like they are on each others throats.
Great use of images too😊🙌
Fabulous pictures of fabulous creatures! Their wings are just awesome.
Thanks, heartlandroad.
Eunice
[…] Fight Night […]
Let me guess, some were in black leather coats snapping their fingers as they walked…’those crane gangs can get rowdy.
Like The Crane Gang song?
[Intro]
Cluckity cluck cluck cluckle
Cluck cluck cluckle
[Chorus]
Well don’t you know
That’s the sound of the Sandhills
Walking in the crane gang
That’s the sound of the Sandhills
Fighting in the crane gang
[Bridge]
All night long they’re saying, Cluckity cluck
Cluckity cluck cluck cluckle
They are a rowdy bunch. Thanks, Brian.
Neat shots, Tim. What are they fighting about? Territory? Females?
I think it’s because one bumped into the other. Thanks, Resa.
Lol!!! A mere bumping, huh!
The cranes can be craneky.
Lol…. but I’m sure there’s truth to it. They seem a bit arrogant and high strung. Of course, I’m making that up!
Their beauty inspires that type of thought.
They are kind of uppity and very boisterous.
Amazing Images
Thanks, DA.
Part of nature, but beautiful
Thanks, Ihu.
Mine pleasure dear
Wonderful craneku and action shots Tim!
Thanks, Julie.
Great post
Thanks, Molly.
The images say it all.
Thanks, Mark.