The Call of the Cranes: Expeditions into a Mysterious World

Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
How It All Began
Crane Knowledge Compact: The Myths and the Facts
Problem Solving, Ballet Courtship and the Fox Alarm: How Do Cranes Communicate with Each Other?
Arrival in the Brook After Returning from Wintering Grounds: Alone or in Groups?
Breeding Season: A Tragic Love Story
Ruffs, White-Tailed Eagles and Other Brook Visitors: What Crane Guards Can Experience
In the School of Life
In Search of the Cranes’ Language: They Call and Thus Tell Us About Their Lives
Off into the Wide World: Asian and American Crane Species Are Calling Me
Research Adventure: Red-Crowned Cranes Eavesdropping at Minus 25 Degrees; Crane Research with Armed Border Guards in the Background
The Adventure Continues: Expeditions to the Wild Whooping Cranes
We Fly Off: The Hard Way to the Migration Flight School
What Can We Learn About Intelligence, Migratory Behavior, the Formation of Culture, Tool Use, and Self-Awareness in Cranes?
Can Cranes Think Strategically? More Amazing Observations
Cranes Are Subjects. A Plea for More Modesty and Respect for Nature
Appendix
	Emotions That, According to My Observations, Cranes Have or Do Not Have
	Experiences with “Sandy”, the Flightless Sandhill Crane
	Red-Crowned Cranes: Deception and Tactics
	Peace-Loving Cranes?
	USA: Human Friends and Enemies
	Surprising New Observations and Practical Advice for Readers Who Want to Record and Analyse Bird Calls Themselves