tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323105052259108158.post3000708280684888859..comments2023-09-17T03:38:03.017-07:00Comments on Morning Donut: ...rainy Sunday...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323105052259108158.post-86486959780944408062008-09-22T10:49:00.000-07:002008-09-22T10:49:00.000-07:00Hiya Allan --Haven't dropped by for my donut in a ...Hiya Allan --<BR/><BR/>Haven't dropped by for my donut in a while ...<BR/><BR/>Okay, nasty old editors whacked me on the knuckles about this, so here's a gentle whack for you: It's "Canada geese", not "Canadian." (My Canadian pals refer to them as "flying rats." Their chief enemies are golfers, 'cause of the poop they leave on golf courses.)<BR/><BR/>Sandhill cranes were the key to the rebound of the nearly extinct whooping cranes, which had dwindled to only one small flock and one tenuous flyway from Wood Buffalo Park in Canada to an island preserve on the Texas Gulf Coast. (I visited it once and had to climb a tree when a nearsighted family of javelinas -- wild boar -- wandered toward us.)<BR/><BR/>Naturalists took whooping crane eggs and put them in sandhill crane nests. The sandhills hatched the whoopers, and taught them their different new flyways. So thanks to the sandhills, the whooping crane has been brought back from the brink.<BR/><BR/>Nice photos!<BR/><BR/>Bob M.<BR/>MassachusettsVleeptron Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913822255924924435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323105052259108158.post-47921814705779723772008-09-21T19:01:00.000-07:002008-09-21T19:01:00.000-07:00Beautiful photos. Most of those places I have also...Beautiful photos. Most of those places I have also enjoyed. I got some photos of sandhill cranes and antelope on this last trip north of Lakeview in the ranching country.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.com