Thursday, 16 September 2010

Eager To Please


Crane #12, Boston, Massachusetts

When the fisher-cranes come in to roost, their friends are keen to come and greet them, even before they've stepped off the boat. 

It's a rare display: once every three months, as the fisher-cranes have long contracts out at sea. 

But when they return, the coasts are lined with cranes ready to give them great rending steel high-fives, cascading sound waves far inland as they do so. 

Note in this photo: the two dog cranes in the background, stoically staring out to sea. They protect the coast from viking-cranes, still active even now in the 21st century. 

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