Heute war viel Flugbetrieb über dem Lahntal

#Kranich #Kraniche #Zugvögel #Vogel #Vögel #Birdwatch #Cranes #Grus_grus #Ornithology #Ornitho #Tiere #Natur #Leun #Lahntal #Lahn #LahnDillKreis #LDK #Mittelhessen #Hessen #Germany

White crane in flight, at blue heron lake #birds #cranes

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow

Cranes:
🎵 Leaves of Summer

#Cranes

https://open.spotify.com/track/1DV5kJoQa361bGVHSasCLY

A bonus #ArtAdventCalendar entry for today and #20 in the Top 25 Countdown, a sandhill crane in twilight from March 14. Twin Suns Lake, Michigan. (1/2) #photography #sunset #michigan #art #bird #birds #birdsofbluesky #crane #SandhillCrane #cranes #SandhillCranes #spring

A tower crane.

#towercrane #towercranes #crane #cranes #machine #machines #photo #photography #photos

Here's the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, a submarine base, as seen from the deck of the elevator bridge

#photo #photgraphy #cranespotting #cranes #navy #maritime #structures #architecture

Guten Morgen #Fediversum. Erst mal langsam reinkommen in den Sonntag …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMLr0lXsByI

#Cranes

Sandhill cranes fly to their nighttime roost in the wetlands at Bernardo wildlife area in Bosque, New Mexico, #US, near the Rio Grande. They sleep in the shallow water to stay safe from predators such as coyotes and bobcats.

Photograph: Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

#photography
#birds
#cranes

In foggy weather, it is not uncommon to see gray #cranes flying along the Montagne Noire (#Occitanie, southern France), traveling in small groups to distant, sunnier lands.

It was a magnificent, moving, and unexpected sight, which I had the pleasure of witnessing last month...

#nature #naturephotography #bird #birds #birdphotography #biodiversity #ecology #migration #autumn

Sunny

#UrbanExploration #Construction #Engineering #Design #CityLife #ArchitectureLovers #InTheSky #UrbanLandscape #Cranes #ConstructionSite #Skyscraper #Skyline #BuildingTheFuture #ModernArchitecture #CityViews

Morning calm in #Helsinki #harbor.
Fog wraps the cranes and masts while the water turns into a mirror. Boats waiting quietly and the city breathing soft.

#Finland #Marina #Fog #MorningLight #Reflection #Boats #Yachts #Cranes #Industrial #BalticSea #GulfOfFinland #Seascape #Cityscape #TravelPhotography #Photography #CanonR5MarkII #AMIR2000NLPhotography

#Kraniche - jetzt fliegen sie in der Dunkelheit über den Garten hinweg und man hört ihr Rufen. 20.11. 2025 kommt gesund zum Ziel und wieder zurück, ihr wunderbaren Vögel. #birds. #cranes nrw.nabu.de/tiere-und-pf...

Kranichzug über NRW - NABU NRW

"Fukusa (Gift Cover)," Unknown artist, 1840-70.

An old Japanese tradition was that gifts would be presented on a tray or in a box, and would be draped with a fukusa, a showy cloth, usually embroidered, that would show off the giver's wealth and/or social position.

Here we have a fukusa of blue satin, embroidered with cranes in silk and metallic thread. Cranes are a symbol of longevity in Japan, as they were believed to live for 1,000 years.

I can imagine this being used to cover a gift from a younger person to an older relative or parent, perhaps, communicating a wish for a long life. The fukusa tradition has all but died out in Japan, which seems a pity, but at least we have examples like this to keep the memory alive.

From the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

#Art #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #Embroidery #FabricArts #Fukusa #Cranes #FancyGiftWrap

Kommt gesund zum Ziel und wieder zurück, ihr geliebten #Kraniche #cranes (Da oben über den Wolken fliegen sie und rufen...) #birds

Oiseaux sauvages ― Un (1) cas d’Influenza Aviaire Hautement Pathogène confirmé sur une grue cendrée de la commune de Villasavary (villasavary.fr) #france #aude #cranes #birds #epizootic #iahp #avian #influenza #sanitaire #safety #threats [ https://www.herault-tribune.com/articles/un-premier-cas-de-grippe-aviaire-sur-une-grue-cendree-dans-laude/ ]

AI slop is coming for everything. Nothing special to see here. Just ranting about an egregious example.

I casually wondered last night whether viewers had discussed an odd comment in the series #Ozark that #cranes (the #birds, #Gruidae) nest in trees. I used DDG to search and found nothing. But there was a link that had the weird title, "Top 15 Types of Cranes Birds in Michigan". I'm don't want to link directly but remove the extra letter in the protocol here and you should be able to see the page: hhttps://flyaviary.com/types-of-cranes-birds-in-michigan/. It is in fact currently the top non-ad link in DDG for "Michigan Cranes". The second link is a marginally less sloppy piece on "4 Types of Cranes in Michigan".

So, the actual number of crane species in Michigan is 2 (more like 1.0001), with Whooping Cranes passing through in small numbers on top of the regular Sandhill cranes. There are 15 species worldwide.

The Table of Contents (in the screenshot I share) shows a structure that doesn't understand how a real document would be organised (different subtopics in the title for each species, section 15 would naturally come after 16, etc.).

The page references Common and Eurasian Cranes, which would be the same species.

The images are all AI-generated. The birds have egret-like plumes. One bird has three legs, one has four. One of the "brolgas" is a hovering neck and pair of wings.

The text includes these gems:

"From the towering Whooping Crane to the dainty Demoiselle, discover Michigan's top 15 crane species and their stunning visuals—details inside!"

"Often seen in pairs or small groups, they have rebounded greatly in Michigan, underscoring their important role in maintaining the ecological balance and biodiversity of the region." (Huh?)

"Essential for establishing territory and warning of threats, the calls can be heard over several kilometers, helping the cranes see one another even when they are two feet apart in dense habitats." (My personal favourite factoid here.)

(Of Grey Crowned Crane) "Unlike the two crane species seen in large flocks in Michigan, these cranes' predation pressures contribute greatly to their vulnerable status, exacerbated by human encroachment and poaching."

Interestingly Google, unlike DDG, is not showing either of the top two DDG hits in the first pages of its search.