I shot this video earlier today at a nearby neighbors door. The Florida Sand Cranes are tapping on the window screen as a little hint for food. They weigh about 10 pounds and are between 3 and 4 feet tall. The Cranes are fun to watch, however, they can be pesky if you start feeding them. These are recommendation from The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Four things you can do to better coexist in Crane Country ◾Never feed cranes and encourage your neighbors not to feed cranes. Cranes are less likely to inhabit urban areas if easy meals are not provided. ◾Cover or move automobiles so that cranes cannot see their reflections in the shiny surfaces. Windows or glass doors that the cranes attack can be temporarily covered with material so that the birds do not see their reflections. ◾Temporarily cover windows or screens. A string mounted on stakes about 2.5 feet off the ground will provide an exclusion fence around the parts of homes (window or pool screens) that are being damaged by cranes. ◾Accept some digging for food. Cranes sometimes damage lawns and gardens as they dig for food such as mole crickets and beetle grubs. The birds, in this case, provide natural biological control of these common pests of turf.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:31:05 +0000
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