Whooping Cranes

[AJE]

Released whooping cranes hatch 2 chicks :lol:



Jun 27, 2006
Associated Press
By JAMES A. CARLSON

MILWAUKEE - A pair of whooping cranes has hatched two chicks in central Wisconsin, marking the first young of the species to be hatched in the wild in the eastern United States in more than 100 years.

To Read the entire article please go to Discovery Channel News

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/0...19-502-ak-0001


:P :arrow: This is a huge movement in the conservation of Wisconsin own preservation of this endangered species. The Whooping and Sandhill are both Native to the state of Wisconsin.

[AJE]

If anyone would like to do a day trip please head down to Baraboo, Wisconsin. The International Crane Foundation has an excellent live exibit for the conservation of the worlds endangered crane species. Note: this is the only place in the world which is raising all the birds at one location for preservation of the species. There also is very educational interpretation shown to the public in its resource room and in the living whooping crane exibit.


http://www.savingcranes.org/index.cfm

[AJE]

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:arrow: Fla. storms killed all 18 whooping cranes led south by ultralight

By JAMES A. CARLSON
Associated Press Writer


MILWAUKEE (AP) -- All 18 young whooping cranes led south from Wisconsin by ultralight aircraft last fall were killed in storms that hit Florida, dealing a devastating blow to a project to create a second migratory flock of the endangered birds in North American, a spokesman said.

The cranes were being kept in an enclosure at the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge near Crystal River, Fla., when the storms moved in and intensified Thursday night, said Joe Duff, senior pilot and co-founder of Operation Migration, a nonprofit organization coordinating the project.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT

[MrKhay]

almost a heartbreaker. the cranes will be back.

[pk]

A little good news :

Wisconsin Whooping Crane Survives Florida Storm

One young whooping crane likely survived a Florida storm that killed 17 other cranes, which were led south last fall from Wisconsin by ultralight aircraft.

FULL STORY HERE:
http://wfrv.com/topstories/local_story_035163341.html

[MrKhay]

alright...one of my bird buddies made it. he wanders for a reason.

[pk]

2008 UPDATE:


Whooping Cranes Take to the Sky on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge

A tentative departure date of Oct. 17, 2008 has been set for this year's ultra-light migration of whooping cranes from Necedah National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Wisconsin to two wintering destinations in southern Florida.

FULL STORY:
10/7/2008~Whooping Cranes Take to the Sky on Ultralight-guided Flight to Florida from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge