A Crane Couple

It was a clear morning in Tsurui village this morning.

I got up 5:30 am as usual to go take photos of Japanese cranes.

At this time of the year, the sun rises behind where cranes hang out in the early morning.

So here is a photo from this morning.


"Cranes Couple Facing"

Cranes usually mate for life as a pair unless one dies and another gets "married" again.

I wrote "usually" because the crane expert recently told me that cranes sometimes have affairs as well. Young ones especially try our some relationships before settling into solid partnership.

This is one of the reasons why many people are fascinated with this bird because they are just like human beings in many ways...