Sandhill Cranes Raising a Canada Goose Baby!!!

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This pair of Sandhill Cranes was found to be raising a Canada Goose baby at a local park. This video is a bit long, but I couldn't cut any of the cuteness! This is such interesting behavior. Doing a brief google search shows this was documented another time in Michigan in 2019. I hope there will be future episodes documenting this interesting saga.

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  • @infiresaddiction532
    @infiresaddiction532Ай бұрын

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

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    They are very attentive.

  • @centurione6489
    @centurione648929 күн бұрын

    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

    @JorgeLuisMeraz-gb4qi

    22 күн бұрын

    😊😊😊😊

  • @justinclement7462

    @justinclement7462

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @WobblesandBean

    @WobblesandBean

    21 күн 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

    @centurione6489

    19 күн бұрын

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

  • @msblue1003
    @msblue100328 күн бұрын

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

  • @peaceleader7315

    @peaceleader7315

    10 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

    @calvinhoward3808

    3 күн бұрын

    He said: No more grass!

  • @msblue1003

    @msblue1003

    2 күн бұрын

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

  • @shiva72945
    @shiva72945Ай бұрын

    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

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @WobblesandBean

    @WobblesandBean

    21 күн 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.

  • @babs3652
    @babs365228 күн бұрын

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

  • @joeofoysterbay7197
    @joeofoysterbay7197Ай бұрын

    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

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @platedlizard

    @platedlizard

    28 күн 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.

  • @gillianlemire5927
    @gillianlemire592724 күн бұрын

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

  • @quieteagle920
    @quieteagle920Ай бұрын

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

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    It is so much fun!

  • @user-vr1uh5ze7u
    @user-vr1uh5ze7uАй бұрын

    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

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Interesting observation.

  • @charlottefox4775
    @charlottefox477528 күн бұрын

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

  • @RYANandMICHELLEchannel
    @RYANandMICHELLEchannelАй бұрын

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

  • @myvillagebirds

    @myvillagebirds

    Ай бұрын

    Yes. It is pretty much interesting.

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you. I will follow along!

  • @RYANandMICHELLEchannel

    @RYANandMICHELLEchannel

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @PRISM_828
    @PRISM_828Ай бұрын

    This is the sweetest thing ive ever seen❤ amazing

  • @xplorerfriends
    @xplorerfriends29 күн бұрын

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

  • @Fortheloveofbirds2020
    @Fortheloveofbirds2020Ай бұрын

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

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @gijsvermeulen5248
    @gijsvermeulen5248Ай бұрын

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

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you Gijs. It is a very interesting phenomenon.

  • @joecorrero6763
    @joecorrero6763Ай бұрын

    Absolutely amazing! Little one really likes the worms!

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @KatherineUribe-1
    @KatherineUribe-126 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @CricketsBay
    @CricketsBay16 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @merveilleuxetmagique
    @merveilleuxetmagique21 күн бұрын

    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!

  • @WildlifeClips365
    @WildlifeClips365Ай бұрын

    lovely birds, great video and wonderful nature.

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Snowkitty1424
    @Snowkitty1424Ай бұрын

    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

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    I will do it as long as I can!

  • @MedXOR

    @MedXOR

    25 күн 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.

  • @tangojuli209
    @tangojuli209Ай бұрын

    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

    @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.

  • @MyaYard
    @MyaYardАй бұрын

    That is so sweet, such a beautiful video!

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @mii481
    @mii48119 күн бұрын

    How utterly sweet and wonderful!

  • @tangojuli209
    @tangojuli209Ай бұрын

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

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @jeffj2495
    @jeffj2495Ай бұрын

    incredibly cute

  • @myvillagebirds
    @myvillagebirdsАй бұрын

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

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Greetings and thank you!

  • @calvinhoward3808
    @calvinhoward38083 күн бұрын

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

  • @jessicafrench2538
    @jessicafrench253825 күн бұрын

    What incredible footage! They are really fun to watch!

  • @kari3368
    @kari33688 күн бұрын

    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!

  • @HT-fv7fj
    @HT-fv7fj25 күн бұрын

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

  • @oh_k8
    @oh_k821 күн бұрын

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

  • @muza1404
    @muza140426 күн бұрын

    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

  • @sofie322
    @sofie322Ай бұрын

    Gosling imprinted on cranes. Amazing

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @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.

  • @lan1331
    @lan133129 күн бұрын

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

  • @keenwildlifephotographer
    @keenwildlifephotographer29 күн бұрын

    beautiful video, thank you.

  • @pattimiller9157
    @pattimiller915729 күн бұрын

    Nature makes me so happy ❤

  • @birddayparties
    @birddaypartiesАй бұрын

    He looks bigger and stronger 😍❤

  • @dkclatkfkd34
    @dkclatkfkd3427 күн бұрын

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

  • @cherylcobern4483
    @cherylcobern4483Ай бұрын

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

  • @si_vis_amari_ama
    @si_vis_amari_ama16 күн бұрын

    Great video and so beautifully filmed. Thank you.

  • @NatureFilmsByJohnKha
    @NatureFilmsByJohnKha28 күн бұрын

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

  • @user-hn6wn6tp1r
    @user-hn6wn6tp1r18 күн бұрын

    🌈🌈🌈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.🌈🌈🌈 🌈

  • @broomrider4699
    @broomrider469921 күн бұрын

    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? 😆

  • @TheLucha5
    @TheLucha524 күн бұрын

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

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean21 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @tukkerbear
    @tukkerbear26 күн бұрын

    OMg this is amazing video. Bless you!

  • @ramprashad29
    @ramprashad2920 күн бұрын

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

  • @nationalparksprincess3216
    @nationalparksprincess3216Ай бұрын

    That is pretty cool 😎

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    It is!

  • @oh_k8
    @oh_k821 күн бұрын

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

  • @evilish888
    @evilish88812 күн бұрын

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

  • @kolapyellow7631
    @kolapyellow763120 күн бұрын

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

  • @MissMarchHare

    @MissMarchHare

    12 күн бұрын

    He's chubby

  • @cindythomas5895
    @cindythomas58959 күн бұрын

    I love this video - thank you ❤

  • @JJDK485
    @JJDK48519 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @dolomedestenebrosus9564
    @dolomedestenebrosus956420 күн бұрын

    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?

  • @earthnow2024
    @earthnow202427 күн бұрын

    Wow Amazing captured ❤❤

  • @jonathanrossroberts
    @jonathanrossroberts20 күн бұрын

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

  • @martachtman1285
    @martachtman128529 күн бұрын

    incredibly sweet!

  • @pibly7784
    @pibly778428 күн бұрын

    Precious. ❤❤

  • @williamsawesometoys8209
    @williamsawesometoys820925 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this

  • @raeskhan8756
    @raeskhan875618 күн бұрын

    Amazing so beautiful video 😊

  • @moslehuddin5159
    @moslehuddin515911 күн бұрын

    I,m very interested to follow this journey.

  • @marialiadagraca3595
    @marialiadagraca359529 күн бұрын

    Lindo vídeo!! Obrigada 😊

  • @jbirdyhome-4050
    @jbirdyhome-405023 күн бұрын

    I love this!!!

  • @freitchetsleimwor2406
    @freitchetsleimwor2406Ай бұрын

    6:09 cutest run

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @watchensee
    @watchensee19 күн бұрын

    This is wonderful but how long will it last?

  • @user-dd4vp8km4e
    @user-dd4vp8km4e5 күн бұрын

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

  • @TerkaBuszptaki2021
    @TerkaBuszptaki202114 күн бұрын

    How amazing. 👍👍

  • @bogumilan4912
    @bogumilan491210 күн бұрын

    Adorable❤️❤️❤️

  • @selgaberzina7360
    @selgaberzina7360Ай бұрын

    Ļoti skaisti! Prieks skatīties!

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @RachelBirdy
    @RachelBirdy26 күн бұрын

    Love This!!!

  • @Elle.Smith.
    @Elle.Smith.Ай бұрын

    Incredible ♥️

  • @jorgedelatorre9442
    @jorgedelatorre944218 күн бұрын

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

  • @user-sc1ep4ii8l
    @user-sc1ep4ii8l18 күн бұрын

    기분좋아지는영상 감사히봅니다~~^

  • @bruceli853
    @bruceli853Ай бұрын

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

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @petr-podrouzek
    @petr-podrouzek28 күн бұрын

    Amazing 🙂

  • @rerolley
    @rerolleyАй бұрын

    Crazy, mixed-up birds!

  • @JorgeLuisMeraz-gb4qi
    @JorgeLuisMeraz-gb4qi22 күн бұрын

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

  • @Jasonronsteinberger
    @JasonronsteinbergerАй бұрын

    a miracle straight out of Scripture

  • @lintaozheng
    @lintaozheng28 күн бұрын

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

  • @keiniddepea
    @keiniddepeaАй бұрын

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

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @shiva72945
    @shiva72945Ай бұрын

    I wonder of the canadian will migrate with them.

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    We've been wondering the same thing!

  • @Dan-oi4kt
    @Dan-oi4kt16 күн бұрын

    His Geese parents are near.

  • @she9009
    @she900926 күн бұрын

    Интересно, а как гусик оказался в приемной семье?

  • @kixigvak
    @kixigvakАй бұрын

    The cranes have no colts of their own?

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @murphychurch8251
    @murphychurch825120 күн бұрын

    Just how did that happen? 😂

  • @Bachurinandthewildworld
    @BachurinandthewildworldАй бұрын

    А как так маленькие гуси с журавлями дружат?

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @mirek5242
    @mirek5242Ай бұрын

    super,,

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @jathawk101
    @jathawk101Ай бұрын

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

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @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?

  • @user-ul1qp3bl2l
    @user-ul1qp3bl2lАй бұрын

    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

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @fortnitelife8002

    @fortnitelife8002

    24 күн бұрын

    😂🤣🤣

  • @ale7564

    @ale7564

    21 күн бұрын

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

  • @chuncom
    @chuncom26 күн бұрын

    みんな、メッチャ可愛い~(*^▽^)/★*☆♪

  • @madamParmesan43
    @madamParmesan43Ай бұрын

    was their egg substitute?

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @user-vx8ku2ks7h
    @user-vx8ku2ks7hАй бұрын

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

  • @debbiebarr4552
    @debbiebarr455223 күн бұрын

    Gosling

  • @cherieford2899
    @cherieford289928 күн бұрын

    Don't the parents rub an oily secretion on goslings??? Because the kid looked like it was sinking in the water the first time in. And yeah same sex pairs will adopt a baby.

  • @Apple55330
    @Apple55330Ай бұрын

    Did the crane couple kidnap the little goose baby?

  • @red32_12

    @red32_12

    Ай бұрын

    most probably for ransom..

  • @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    @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

    @CynthiaCarlsonPhotography

    Ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @lovepet4565
    @lovepet4565Ай бұрын

    I saw a poor sandhill crane female on eggs was shot in a lake in Minnesota :(

  • @panibabcia7732
    @panibabcia773226 күн бұрын

    ❤... 🤗

  • @ibtesamyasser9008
    @ibtesamyasser90089 күн бұрын

    ❤❤😊

  • @evelynhtay3685
    @evelynhtay368527 күн бұрын

    Probably this lonely baby was abducted from the couple goose watching behind them 😂😊

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