Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons , cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back.

 

They are opportunistic feeders that change their diet according to the season and their own nutrient requirements. They eat a range of items from suitably sized small rodents, fish, amphibians, and insects, to grain,  berries, and plants.

 

Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or “dances”. While folklore often states that cranes mate for life, recent scientific research indicates that these birds do change mates over the course of their lifetimes, which may last several decades. Cranes construct platform nests in shallow water, and typically lay two eggs at a time. Both parents help to rear the young, which remain with them until the next breeding season.

The cranes’ beauty and their spectacular mating dances have made them highly symbolic birds in many cultures with records dating back to ancient times.

Some species and/or populations of cranes migrate over long distances, while some do not migrate at all. Cranes are gregarious, forming large flocks where their numbers are sufficient.

Stoney (Sandstone Shrike-thrush)

Species Colluricincla woodwardi

The Sandstone Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla woodwardi) is one of the best-loved and most distinctive birds of Australasia. It is moderately common in most parts of Australia, but absent from the driest of the inland deserts. It is also found in New Guinea.

Of medium size (about 24 cm long) and lacking bright colours, the Sandstone Shrike-thrush—usually just Stoney  in casual conversation has an extraordinary gift for ringing melody, unmatched by any other Australasian species save perhaps the two lyrebirds  and its northern relative, the Grey Shrike-thrush.

PASCO Egg Captured 2-23-09

Egg crazy

 

From Fred LaSor on rec.aviation.soaring Rob Stone (Stoney) captured the PASCO egg from its winter hibernation in the SoaringNV hangar today, February 23, 2009, after a wave flight
in his 1-26. Stoney towed out of Air Sailing into good wave and flew a 300 km course before landing at Minden late in the afternoon to more than meet the distance requirements and claim the egg.

The egg had resided in the SoaringNV hangar since it was captured from Soar Truckee by Mike Mitton last fall. This is the first capture of 2009, but certainly not the last as the soaring season is just kicking off in northern California and Nevada. Region 11 pilots are invited to set their sights on Air Sailing, just north of Reno, if they want to capture the revolving trophy and add their name to the list of successful pilots who have flown at least 100 kms to bring the egg back to their home club or FBO.

The folks at SoaringNV are sorry the egg will no longer grace their hangar, but want to congratulate Stoney for his superb 1-26 flight.

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