Crane Music
Cranes are the stuff of magic, whose voices penetrate the atmosphere of the world's wilderness areas, from arctic tundra to the South African veld, and whose footprints have been left on the wetlands of the world for the past 60 million years or more. They have served as models for human tribal...
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ftunivnebraskali:oai:digitalcommons.unl.edu:johnsgard-1028 2023-11-12T04:13:08+01:00 Crane Music Johnsgard, Paul A. 1992-03-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/johnsgard/28 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/johnsgard/article/1028/viewcontent/Crane_Music__OPTIMUS.pdf unknown DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/johnsgard/28 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/johnsgard/article/1028/viewcontent/Crane_Music__OPTIMUS.pdf Paul Johnsgard Collection Ornithology text 1992 ftunivnebraskali 2023-10-30T10:49:19Z Cranes are the stuff of magic, whose voices penetrate the atmosphere of the world's wilderness areas, from arctic tundra to the South African veld, and whose footprints have been left on the wetlands of the world for the past 60 million years or more. They have served as models for human tribal dances in places as remote as the Aegean, Australia, and Siberia. Whistles made from their wing bones have given courage to Crow and Cheyenne warriors of the North American Great Plains, who ritually blew on them as they rode into battle. These birds' wariness, gregariousness, and regularity of migratory movements have stirred the hearts of people as far back as medieval times and probably long before, and their sagacity and complex social behavior have provided the basis for folklore and myths on several continents. The actual migratory journeys of cranes are no less interesting than they were imagined to be by the peoples of medieval times. In recent years it has been possible to follow these movements very closely, by using radar or radiotelemetric devices or by following migrating flocks in small airplanes. Text Arctic Tundra Siberia University of Nebraska-Lincoln: DigitalCommons@UNL Arctic |
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Cranes are the stuff of magic, whose voices penetrate the atmosphere of the world's wilderness areas, from arctic tundra to the South African veld, and whose footprints have been left on the wetlands of the world for the past 60 million years or more. They have served as models for human tribal dances in places as remote as the Aegean, Australia, and Siberia. Whistles made from their wing bones have given courage to Crow and Cheyenne warriors of the North American Great Plains, who ritually blew on them as they rode into battle. These birds' wariness, gregariousness, and regularity of migratory movements have stirred the hearts of people as far back as medieval times and probably long before, and their sagacity and complex social behavior have provided the basis for folklore and myths on several continents. The actual migratory journeys of cranes are no less interesting than they were imagined to be by the peoples of medieval times. In recent years it has been possible to follow these movements very closely, by using radar or radiotelemetric devices or by following migrating flocks in small airplanes. |
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