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Red-crowned Crane

Liz Bonnin presents the red-crowned crane from Japan and Asia.

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Liz Bonnin presents the red-crowned crane from Japan and Asia. Backlit by a Japanese winter sun, huge black and white birds dance for an audience. Their plumage mirrors the dazzling snow and dark tree-trunks. The only spots of colour are crimson - the caps of these Red-crowned Cranes. Red-crowned Cranes breed only in far-eastern Russia. Tall, majestic and very vocal, red-crowned cranes gather in groups to reinforce pair-bonds, by leaping into the air and fluttering their 2.5 metre wings, sometimes holding sticks or twigs in their long bills. During winter months, the cranes are fed with grain, and receive a stream of captivated visitors. In front of a wall of clicking camera shutters, the cranes perform their elaborate dance, to delight their captivated audience.

Producer : Andrew Dawes

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Tue 22 Aug 2023 05:58

Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

Webpage image courtesy of David Pike / naturepl.com.

Β© David Pike / naturepl.com

Recording of red-crowned crane by George W Archibald / Ref: ML 2776

This programme contains a kindly provided by The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; recorded by George W Archibald in March 1971, at Bronx Zoo, New York, USA.

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  • Mon 8 Dec 2014 05:58
  • Fri 20 Nov 2015 05:58
  • Tue 16 Jul 2019 05:58
  • Mon 19 Oct 2020 05:58
  • Sun 28 Aug 2022 08:58
  • Tue 22 Aug 2023 05:58

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