#blue crane

[corvilett]

🐦 Blue Crane

[alonglistofbirds]

[1371/10977] Blue Crane - Grus paradisea

Order: Gruiformes Family: Gruidae (cranes)

Photo credit: Marco Valentini via Macaulay Library

[fruityfinch]

Returning to these single-hue study pages! If you’ve got animal suggestions for these, drop ‘em by me.

[vintagewildlife]

Blue cranes By: G. Cubitt From: The Complete Encyclopedia of the Animal World 1980

[lost-lycaon]

Blue crane, the national bird of South Africa.

[greencproductions]

Synergy on the farm 1023

Synergy on the farm 1023

Sheep, geese and blue crane

[itsghostofthesea]

RedBubble

There’s just something so perfect about paradise cranes.

India ink, white gel pen, and various watercolours on A4 cold pressed wood pulp watercolour paper. July 2019.

[thecreatureawaits]

Creature Awaits #239

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry. Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

We're back after a two-week hiatus for Christmas and New Year's! Hope you all had a beautiful Holiday!! Happy New Year!!

(Elegant photography by Bernard Dupont (CC BY-SA 2.0 Deed))

The Blue Crane

A.K.A: The Stanley Crane, The Paradise Crane

Scientific Name: Grus paradisea

Region: Primarily South Africa, with a smaller population in Namibia

Size: About 3'3"-3'11" (~100cm-120cm) tall, with a 5'11"-6'7" (~180cm-200cm) wingspan

Interesting Notes: This elegant bird - the national bird of South Africa - holds an important place culturally amongst both the Xhosa and Zulu. The bird's picturesque plumes are worn in the hair and headdresses of both peoples. The Xhosa decorate those considered "Men of Trouble" with these feathers to signify them being tasked with keeping peace among their people, while the Zulu use them to honor noble warriors and kings.

[mwsrwritings]

Blue Crane

he blue crane is a tall, ground-dwelling bird, but is fairly small by the standards of the crane family. It is 100–120 cm (3 ft 3 in – 3 ft 11 in) tall, with a wingspan of 180–200 cm (5 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) and weighs 3.6–6.2 kg (7.9–13.7 lb).[3][4][5] Among standard measurements, the wing chord measures 51.4–59 cm (20.2–23.2 in), the exposed culmen measures 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in) and…

[bluesfreakingart]

Plz draw music meister, he's the other mind control boy and no one gives him enough love 🥺

Well, anon I have GOT an image of him!

I drew it some time ago and never posted it but, ya know what? sure!

have this silly!

POV only eddie was fast enough to get the ear plugs in 😔

[uxini]

Thinking about the blue sword boys and the fact that even though they were one of the first alliances in the entire series the three of them never teamed up together with only two of them ever teaming up and the third being an enemy.

In 3rd life Grian was serving Scar and was opposing Martyn and BigB of the red army

In last life Grian and Martyn were teamed up as the southlanders with BigB in the fairies of the castle alliance (hilariously Martyn then betrayed the southlanders to join BigB and become the shadow alliance)

In double life Grian and BigB were secret soulmates with Martyn joining Ren (the guy BigB was cheating on) and Pearl to become the broken hearts club. Grian and BigB were part of the red team and Martyn the yellow team.

In limited life after Grian lost his bad boys he joined BigB's alliance of the nosy neighbours who were enemies of the Mean Gills, Martyn's alliance (not 100% sure I haven't finished watching the finale)

Somehow it was only until secret life that the three of their paths (at least in terms of actually being allies/enemies) never crossed which hilariously means that this alliance has a more convincing "bound by faith" narrative than desert duo, renchanting or box boys (not to throw any hate to them I LOVE those duos don't worry)

Something also needs to be said about how back in 3rd life BigB was the ONLY one to still use a diamond sword with Grian switching to a netherite sword (he no longer uses diamond, he's no longer by their side but he's still the same Grian from day one, a Grian who still loves BigB) and Martyn a diamond axe (he's still blue, he's still by BigB's side but their dynamic has changed into something unrecognisable, no longer two blue boys but rather a hand and a soldier in a brutal war).

I just think there's a lot of untapped potential with this trio that the fandom is sleeping on.

[michaelnordeman]

Blue tit/blåmes, Common crane/trana, Great tit/talgoxe and White wagtail/sädesärla. Värmland, Sweden (May 23, 2021).

[fruityfinch]

A gift for someone IRL! I don’t believe they have a tumblr so it is safe to post here & wont spoil the surprise… These are blue cranes!

[vintagewildlife]

Blue crane By: Unknown photographer From: Cincinnati Zoo Guide 1924

[jakeotters]

[greencproductions]

Blue Crane family outing