African crane reunited with owner - story with pictures
African crane reunited with owner
12:41 p.m., Jan. 9, 2012
Updated 7:32 p.m.
Cranium, a briefly lost African crowned crane, was reunited with its owner, Hap Hansen of Encinitas on Tuesday morning at the county's animal shelter in Carlsbad. Hansen, right, and County Animal Services Lt. Dan DeSousa watch the bird get a view of the container for its ride back home.
Here’s to Hollywood endings: An East African crowned crane found on the streets of Encinitas over the weekend was returned to its owner Tuesday morning in Carlsbad, concluding a brief mystery about an unusual bird.
The creature, named Cranium, greeted her owner by pecking at his ring, said county animal control Lt. Dan DeSousa.
“It was a happy reunion and Cranium is safe and sound,” DeSousa said. “Everything went very well.”
On Saturday, the bird was the subject of much speculation after a woman who lives near Calle San Clemente and Calle Santa Cruz returned home from walking her dog and found the crane in her driveway. Birds of that type are normally found in the savannas of Africa and don’t migrate, let alone fly halfway around the world.
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An African Crowned Crane found wandering the streets of Encinitas, California is shown safe at the County Department of Animal Services January 9, 2012. The bird, normally found on the savannas of Africa, was coaxed into a woman's garage after she found it honking at her on her home driveway.
In this undated handout photo provided by th eSan Diego County Department of Animal Services, an African Crane is seen. Two weeks after coming to the rescue of a beaded lizard from southern Mexico or Guatemala, officials at the San Diego County Department of Animals Service are helping an African crane that an Encinitas, Calif. , woman found in her driveway on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012.
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... here's a few pics I took at the International Crane Foundation HQ, near Baraboo, Wisconsin (fall, 2008). This is a great place to visit and learn.
http://www.savingcranes.org/
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Terrific story and spectacular pix! Thanks for posting! 
