Don't know why I can't post a link to it but an Arkansas Democrat Gazette article: The World's Most Dangerous Gamebird? describes a horrifying attack by thought-dead Sandhilll Cranes. Scary creatures!
Also read some other articles that said startling them with sudden, unexpected things like rubber snakes or things they fear can scare them off, too. But the unfolding automatic umbrella suddenly swishing from little to giant before another creature's eyes usually sends them scrambling.
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