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Common Crane
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Juvenile
Taken at Knowes Farm, East Linton on 17th February 2013 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 with Leica 65 Televid spotting scope. |
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| Common Crane. |
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Grus grus. Gruiformes. Gruidae. |
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In Northern climes, treeless moors, on bogs, or on dwarf heather habitats, usually where small lakes or pools are also found. Omnivores. Roots, rhizomes, tubers, stems, leaves, fruits and seeds. They also eat, heath berries and acorns. Notably amongst the berries consumed, the cranberry, is possibly named after the species. They'll eat beetles, grasshoppers, flies, frogs lizards snakes and small mammals. Slate-grey overall. The forehead is blackish with a bare red crown and a white streak extending from behind the eyes to the upper back. The overall colour is darkest on the back and rump and palest on the breast and wings. The juvenile has yellowish-brown tips to its body feathers and lacks the drooping wing feathers and the bright neck pattern of the adult, and has a fully feathered crown. 100 - 130 cm 180 - 240 cm Normally 2. |
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