An Unusual Tale

 Summer arrived here with cooler than normal temperatures. We've had some showers, hopefully enough so I needn't do any watering.  I found this interesting article and wanted to share it here.

 An unusual story from the internet.

 In a small pond in Madison, Wisconsin, a pair of sandhill cranes is raising a baby Canada goose as their own.   Exactly how the gosling ended up with the cranes remains in dispute. Some local photographers believe a Canada goose laid an egg in the cranes’ nest. Others think the cranes took over a goose nest—which already contained a goose egg—after spring floods washed out theirs. Whatever the origin, one thing is certain: When the gosling hatched, it imprinted on the cranes and now follows them as if it were one of their own.  Photographers have captured hours of video footage and thousands of images of the unusual family. Many have watched the cranes treat the gosling just like their own colt: feeding, sheltering and defending it.

 Isn't nature fascinating?  

 

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