http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/magaz ... nes-t.html

It is nice but problematic that the cranes do not like to be anywhere near people, their habitation and their detritus.

(I like the image of them jumping and kicking--I suspect they are less effective in their attack than are the fabulous, dangerous, and velociraptor-like cassowarys).

Hmmm. This "reclusive and headstrong" bird "demands a square mile around its nest to itself", is “intolerant of civilization", suffers from a “lack of cooperation” and "is not particularly nice".

Now that's a bird I'd dress up and hang out with any day.