Bird Quiz
Crane
You pick a day with a good wind, soar high, and let your voice ring out as you travel to faraway lands.
Cranes such as the hooded crane and the white-naped crane fly to Japan in the fall from Siberia and northern China, and spend the winter there. Each year, more than 10,000 cranes come to the Izumi Plain in Kagoshima Prefecture, in the far south of Japan. In spring, they head north again.
With their big wings, cranes ride the rising air that forms on sunny days, soar high, and then glide onward on their migration. They're said to choose days with good weather and good winds to set off. You take your time judging the right moment to go — and once you've decided, you cover a long way in one go.
Some cranes have a long windpipe that coils inside the breastbone, and their calls carry a long way. Pairs call back and forth in duet. Being able to call out to others is your strength — but while you wait for the right moment, the plan can grow bigger and bigger in the talking, while the actual start is still a long way off.
Strengths
- You can judge the right moment and then make a big move
- You can pull together plans for a trip by talking them through with people
- You can put your thoughts into words and share them
Where you may stumble
- Waiting for everything to line up, you keep pushing the start date back
- You hold on to small tasks until the day you'll do them all at once
- A plan that got everyone excited swells too big by the time the day comes
Sounds familiar, Crane?
- You can spend a whole evening just talking about where to go on a trip
- You compare forecasts from the start of the week to decide which day to go out
- Months before a long weekend, you're already listing possible places to go
Where you shine
Planning a big trip, talking over when the time is right for something important, and calling people together.
Tips for “Crane”
- While you're waiting for the right moment, get one small piece of preparation done
- When you talk about a plan, say the date you've decided on too
- If someone's getting impatient, tell them in words why you're waiting
Matches
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Oriental Stork — The Oriental Stork, like the Crane, rides rising air on big wings to travel far. You both watch for the right moment to set off, so you fall into step easily. The Crane calls out and the Stork speaks through gestures — with different ways of communicating, it's easy to split up the roles.
Black Kite — The Black Kite also circles on rising air and calls in a voice that carries. The Crane travels far and the Kite stays under the same sky, but you share the same feel for waiting for the wind, and you understand each other well.
Woodpecker — The Woodpecker drums on tree after tree in the same woods, sending signals by sound. The Crane waits for its moment, travels far and calls out — the reverse on both counts — so it's hard to follow each other's plans.
Close neighbors
These differ from this one on just 1 of the 3 axes. If one of your axes was near the middle, you may have their side too.
Which one are you? 18 everyday situations, about 3 minutes.
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