Crane, Water, Change
This chapter reflects on how the author witnessed the migration of sandhill cranes. The author's neighborhood is a rural subdivision; pocketed with wetlands, it is also a home for birds. The chapter then discusses three things that the author has learned about cranes. First, the birds that migr...
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crcornellup:10.7591/cornell/9781501750915.003.0008 2024-06-09T07:44:36+00:00 Crane, Water, Change A Migratory Essay Byl, Christine 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501750915.003.0008 en eng Cornell University Press When Birds Are Near page 54-67 ISBN 9781501750915 9781501750939 book-chapter 2020 crcornellup https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501750915.003.0008 2024-05-14T12:54:08Z This chapter reflects on how the author witnessed the migration of sandhill cranes. The author's neighborhood is a rural subdivision; pocketed with wetlands, it is also a home for birds. The chapter then discusses three things that the author has learned about cranes. First, the birds that migrate over the town of Healy are lesser sandhill cranes, of fifteen crane species worldwide, the only one that breeds in Alaska. Second, cranes, like most creatures, have multiple calls. Third, the Athabascan word for crane is dildoola , lilting the onomatopoeia of their song, and the word for cranberry is dildoola baba , meaning “crane's food.” The author also argues that one cannot write about sandhill cranes without writing about wetlands. Book Part Athabascan Alaska Cornell University Press 54 67 |
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This chapter reflects on how the author witnessed the migration of sandhill cranes. The author's neighborhood is a rural subdivision; pocketed with wetlands, it is also a home for birds. The chapter then discusses three things that the author has learned about cranes. First, the birds that migrate over the town of Healy are lesser sandhill cranes, of fifteen crane species worldwide, the only one that breeds in Alaska. Second, cranes, like most creatures, have multiple calls. Third, the Athabascan word for crane is dildoola , lilting the onomatopoeia of their song, and the word for cranberry is dildoola baba , meaning “crane's food.” The author also argues that one cannot write about sandhill cranes without writing about wetlands. |
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