Those cranes are good parents, the gosling looks well taken care of!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

They are very attentive.

the duckling has found out the cranes give better food than its parents!

@peaceleader7315

20 күн бұрын

Duh.. Canadian goose family is fighting for food but crane family have less babies and being looking after their young better.. the culture thing.. the fattest adopted chix I ever seen.

@calvinhoward3808

12 күн бұрын

He said: No more grass!

@msblue1003

12 күн бұрын

Yeah! The ducklet got ambition beyond duckhood , he wants to swallow big

20 years ago I rescued a lonely gosling from a runoff raging river in Montana. I named it Zorro and after a couple of days I gave it out for adoption to an animal rescue center. Still have a picture with Zorro marching in line with its new mom, dad and 3 much larger brothers ... Ciao, Zorro, I hope you had a great life.❤

@JorgeLuisMeraz-gb4qi

Ай бұрын

😊😊😊😊

@justinclement7462

Ай бұрын

Captive geese live up to 30 years - he could still be around ;P

@WobblesandBean

Ай бұрын

I did the same thing! I named him Chub Chub. That was 10 years ago. I hope he's ok, wherever he is.

@centurione6489

29 күн бұрын

@@justinclement7462 The goslings were free to fledge and they did.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

So cool! What a great experience!

Too cute 😊 I thought he would follow the family that came by but no, he is perfectly fine with the adoptive parents. 😃❤️

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

I think he thought he was a crane!

This little chick plays the perfect crane babe. There is a video on KZread of loons raising a duck. The duck rests on the back of its parents, it dives and eats fish.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

I need to go find that. You are the third person who mentioned the loon/duck episode.

@WobblesandBean

Ай бұрын

​@@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography Hehe I'm one of them. It was so cute, the duckling would dive for fish as taught by her adoptive parents, which is not something mallards do! They're not built for diving and they don't typically eat fish. It really was amazing how quickly she adapted. It's equally amazing that she was adopted at all. Loons are not what I would call great parents. It's incredibly rare that they'd adopt a baby at all, let alone one from a species they would normally consider an enemy.

How special is this!! I hope you get to follow this little ones journey! Looking forward to the next update

@myvillagebirds

Ай бұрын

Yes. It is pretty much interesting.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Thank you. I will follow along!

@RYANandMICHELLEchannel

Ай бұрын

@@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography Awesome! And very glad that youtube has picked up on these videos and is spreading the word, so well deserved!

Thanks Cynthia! Wonderful to watch the Cranes with their adopted chick!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

It is so much fun!

In between this unconditional love relationship, the little guy paused when hearing the geese in the distance, speaking the language inherent in the little one.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Interesting observation.

Excellent video. Thank you! I wonder if the cranes lost a baby, the gosling lost it's parents, the cranes saw it while the parental hormones were still flowing, and it worked out for all three of them.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

We've been wondering also. It will always be a mystery. Thank you!

@platedlizard

Ай бұрын

Goslings sometimes wander off from their parents, it's not uncommon for waterfowl to adopt each other's chicks (primarily because the parents can't count, so a pair of ducks can end up with far more chicks than the eggs they laid). I imagine the cranes either lost their babies or the eggs just didn't hatch, and when a lost gosling wandered by they adopted it. I'm sure this is good practice for the cranes if they're first time parents, goslings are a bit more capable of feeding themselves than crane chicks so it's unlikely to come up harm.

Geese: "The new neighbors are a little 'different', but their baby is super cute!"

How can you watch and not smile! Thank you for sharing this wonderful encounter!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

It makes me smile too! Thank you!

This is the sweetest thing ive ever seen❤ amazing

The little one with the cranes is getting an advanced course on feeding oneself, lol❤

That's incredible and so touching! Beautiful upload ❤❤

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Absolutely amazing! Little one really likes the worms!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Yes! I love watching her try to get the worms down.

Hello Cynthia,it is so wonderful to see that these cranes are taking care of this baby!! Greetings Gijs

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Thank you Gijs. It is a very interesting phenomenon.

If their offspring didn't survive and the baby was separated from it's parents early on, it is feasible that this could happen although exceedingly rare. It's written that there is another documented case like this one. It says volumes about the biological imperative to raise offspring. I looked up images of the sandhill crane's offspring. They look very similar to the geese but have much longer legs.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

there was a video I found from 2011 in Alaska. They saw an adult goose behaving like the cranes and hanging with a crane flock. It was speculated that that goose was raised by cranes.

Amazing! what a great video, wish it was longer! What great parents those cranes are, I really hope u get more videos of them and track their progress 🥰

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

I will do it as long as I can!

@MedXOR

Ай бұрын

I was hoping, but not expecting, to see footage of them flying together, gosling and cranes. Really curious to know the backstory - was mama goose angry at papa goose, so laid the egg in cranes’ nest? Did mama crane steal gosling from goose’s nest? Or was the gosling a rebel, fed up with the pecking order. And ran away from home.

That is so sweet, such a beautiful video!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

I followed the other one for a long time, never forgot it. Only a week ago wondering if I could find those videos/facebook posts about it and the frequent updates. It was enchanting. And so memorable. Thanks for this. Hope you can follow them thru the season.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

I just did a google search and found an Audubon article and 2 photographers who followed along with that other instance of cranes raising a goose. They had a colt too. It was cute to see the gosling and colt together.

Wow. This is so cool. The captive geese on the campus where I work hatched 10 goslings about a month ago. These geese are at least 15 years old and this is the 1st time they've hatched a brood that I'm aware of. It's been fun watching them grow.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

It's amazing you've seen the same geese for that long!

lovely birds, great video and wonderful nature.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

incredibly cute

Beautiful charming video. Thank you for sharing. Greetings to you!!!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Greetings and thank you!

Good camerawork! Great cropping, close ups, distance work.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thank you so much, wonderful film, with these gorgeous birds! Such a gift from Nature, magical moments captured by you. I have to thank also the Plant People, and the worms for feeding them! Looking forward to part 2!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thanks so much!

He looks bigger and stronger 😍❤

How utterly sweet and wonderful!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

The theory is that the cranes somehow incubated the egg so they thought the hatchling was their crane baby. A mystery, to be sure!

Gosling imprinted on cranes. Amazing

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Our theory is that the cranes hatched the egg. Otherwise I don't think the imprinting would happen. But I'm no expert.

That's funny! Trying to choke down food she's normally wouldn't eat. 😂

What incredible footage! They are really fun to watch!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

They are fun! Thank you!

Thank you so much! You make me so peaceful~~~a beautiful film

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

thank you so much!

That goose baby will be a great leader because he doesn't worry too much, and he is very adaptive.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

😂

Nature makes me so happy ❤

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

Mother nature is a mad scientist!

That is pretty cool 😎

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

It is!

beautiful video, thank you.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you!

Precious. ❤❤

How fascinating, thanks for sharing. Very intriguing how this situation came to be!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you! It will always be a mystery.

incredibly sweet!

It’s wonderful to see adoptions like this, makes me smile. i wonder what the parents think as their baby grows into a goose! 💕💕. It’s so sweet to see both parents finding food for their sweet little baby….goose!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

It was so fun to be a witness to!

Great video and so beautifully filmed. Thank you.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you very much!

I love this video - thank you ❤

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you!

The geese in your video are probably the true parents.😂

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

I wonder . . .

OMg this is amazing video. Bless you!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you very much!

It's really interesting how the chicken bonds with the cranes, our daughters jack Russell bought a duck egg home and they hatched it and our grandson feed it and raised it now its bringing its mate back and turning it into a pet duck really funny

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

It is funny to see how they adapt!

I love this!!!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

It was amazing! Thank you!

Please keep posting about them. Will love to see when the duckling grows. ❤❤

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you! But, unfortunately, the gosling succumbed to a canine (see part 3😢)

Thank you for this

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

You're very welcome. thank you for watching!

This could be the beginning of a horror story involving carnivorous geese lol.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

😛

Incredible ♥️

Amazing so beautiful video 😊

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Unfortunately the gosling succumbed to a canine (see part 3)😢

🤗🤗🤗💗💗💗... And there are even Canadin geeseheard in the background. Wonder what mom & dad will think when their little one sounds like the others. 😄

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

Will they notice? I wondered if the cranes would realize they had a goose next to them and chase it off someday . . .

6:09 cutest run

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Agreed!

Wow Amazing captured ❤❤

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you!

Adorable❤️❤️❤️

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you!

How amazing. 👍👍

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you!

Did the baby goose just follow them like thought they were the parents???

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

We are guessing that somehow the cranes hatched the goose egg.

Oh yes adoption in the animal world a wonderful sight indeed.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

One of my favorite stories.

This is so cute 💜 It reminds me of the time a pair of loons adopted a baby duck. The duckling began riding on the parent's backs and would dive for fish, just like a baby loonlet! It was fascinating, because those behaviors are very unnatural for mallard ducks. I wonder if this gosling has picked up any crane behaviors, too.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

I've heard of that loon/duck adoption! I need to look more and see if there are photos/videos.

🌈🌈🌈That is super rare behavior. Most animals or even birds don't raise babies if they are not there's let alone another species of birds, etc. It would be very interesting to know how this gosling would mature later in life. Cranes are omnivores, while geese are herbivorous. Every time I see geese they are always pulling up grass at the local park to eat. That gosling is going to be so confused when he gets larger, if he even make it that long.🌈🌈🌈 🌈

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

Yes, unfortunately he succumbed to a canine. so we will never know how it would end.

Ļoti skaisti! Prieks skatīties!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Love This!!!

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

Thank you!

How cute. He's eating worms instead of green grass.

@MissMarchHare

22 күн бұрын

He's chubby

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

It was interesting to see the gosling behave like a baby crane!

Oh my goodness, this is just too precious! I wonder how this came about? Do you think the baby may end up having an identity crisis? 😆

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

🤣 Our theory, somehow the cranes incubated and hatched the egg. But it is a mystery!

Nice to watch this video,very friendly cranes and goose ..🎉🎉🎉 from malaysia..

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Thank you so much! Some day I might get to see some Malaysian birds!

Lindo vídeo!! Obrigada 😊

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

Thank you so much!

How did this happen? Did the Cranes lose their nestlings and happen across, then adopt orphan gosling?

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

Our prevailing theory is that the cranes incubated and hatched the egg. But it will remain a mystery! Maybe a good children's book!

Fascinating! What happens in situations like this when the goose grows up? Will it join a flock of other geese, or will it keep hanging around cranes? How will this impact its survival chances?

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

I googled this and a video from 2011 came up. A person in Alaska had an adult goose that was hanging with a crane flock, behaving like the cranes. Theory is that the goose was raised by cranes and thought it was a crane!

Natures' intelligence functions with effortless ease, with carefreeness, harmony and love

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

So poetic! Thank you

My theory is mama goose was in labor and couldn't get back to her nest on time, so she laid the egg in a random (crane) nest, and left. Coincidentally, the cranes' eggs didn't hatch.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

That is a good theory!

A week after this was filmed the cranes had a blazing row the male said there was no way he was the father accused his wife of adultery and filed for divorce

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

🤣

@fortnitelife8002

Ай бұрын

😂🤣🤣

@ale7564

Ай бұрын

But they’re still sharing a nest because the bill was too long! Get it? Bill …

Crazy, mixed-up birds!

super,,

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

a miracle straight out of Scripture

I wonder of the canadian will migrate with them.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

We've been wondering the same thing!

Great video! What are you using to move the camera smoothly?

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

My hands!😜. Ideally I would use a tripod, but I like to travel light. So most (nearly all) of my videos are handheld. Thank goodness for image stabilization in both the camera and the editing software.

@jonathanrossroberts

2 сағат бұрын

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography Nice! Thanks for the reply. I use a dji mimo for mine. I'm not very good at editing so havent tried image stabilization yet.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

@@jonathanrossroberts I had a long learning curve for video editing. there are lots of youtube how-to videos out there. I use DaVinci Resolve (it's free).

Amazing 🙂

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

It was amazing!

His Geese parents are near.

기분좋아지는영상 감사히봅니다~~^

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

I'm so glad. That is my purpose!

This is wonderful but how long will it last?

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

See part 3. Unfortunately, the gosling succumbed to a canine.

Beautiful footage. Cu-u-u-te 💕 Where's your Mother?

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

❤... 🤗

❤❤😊

The cranes have no colts of their own?

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

No. We haven't seen any. We think perhaps the cranes hatched this egg. Maybe an abandoned goose nest or something.

¿Y qué pasó después? La etología es un tema que me interesa mucho. Gracias por compartir esta interesantísima historia...

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

Unfortunately, a dog got to the gosling and it died. It would have been so interesting to see how it grew up.😢

was their egg substitute?

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

That is our theory because both seem so imprinted on each other.

I,m very interested to follow this journey.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

I'm not sure if you saw part 3--a sad ending. Unfortunately the goose succumbed to a canine. It would have been a wonderful journey to see it grow up with the cranes.

They were probably going to eat it and then got distracted and started feeding it.

Gosling

They are fating up for later but seriously that is weird I wonder what the cranes will do when it is fully grown.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

We've been wonder that too. Will it continue to think it's a crane and hang around with cranes its entire life?

Ну и мама гусыня! так старалась сохранить потомство что снесла яйцо в гнездо журавлей!❤😊

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

It will always be a mystery how that happened!

А как так маленькие гуси с журавлями дружат?

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

We think that somehow the cranes hatched the egg and the goose imprinted on them as its parents.

I can't believe my eyes....😂😂😂😂❤❤❤😇❤️❤️❤️😘😘🥰🥰🥰

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

It was an amazing phenomenon!

Did the crane couple kidnap the little goose baby?

@red32_12

Ай бұрын

most probably for ransom..

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

We are guessing they somehow hatched a goose egg. I can't imaging a baby goose following the cranes after it had already imprinted on its goose parents. But it is a mystery.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

🤣

When the Cranes flied, how can the goose baby follow them?

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

The cranes won't fly away from their babies--they'll stay with them!

In serious?....in serious? The crane used to eat ducklings.😮😮😮

@Kiki-tk7tq

Ай бұрын

Blue herons eat duckling not the cranes.

@maryfromyorkregion6594

Ай бұрын

​@@Kiki-tk7tqThank you for this information ... (such as life is for young animals). 🇨🇦

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

I saw a reply below. They may not eat ducklings, but cranes and geese generally aren't "friends". I have seen them chase each other, especially during nesting time.

As far as I know, Sandhill Cranes are not sexually dimorphic, so I don't see how we can know, from any of the behaviors recorded here, whether this pair is opposite-sex or same-sex, and if the latter, male-male or female-female. The simplest explanation of the fact that they are raising an adopted chick, rather than one of their own, would be that they are a same-sex pair.

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Ай бұрын

We've joked about that. But maybe you're right!

@sumnergrey4301

Ай бұрын

@@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography It's much more common in birds and mammals than most people realize. For a good reference, try "Biological Exuberance " by Bruce Bagemuhl.

Интересно, а как гусик оказался в приемной семье?

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

the theory is that the cranes incubated the egg and hatched it. The goose imprinted on the crane parents and the cranes thought it was theirs!

Just how did that happen? 😂

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

2 сағат бұрын

So many theories. One is that somehow there was a goose egg on a nest the cranes incubated.

みんな、メッチャ可愛い～(*^▽^)/★*☆♪

@CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

Сағат бұрын

agreed! thank you!