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Journey
North News: Winter
& Spring 2010
Posted
Fridays:
Feb. 12, 26, Mar. 12, 26, Apr. 2, 9, 16,
22, 30, May 14
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Whooping
Crane Migration Update: March 12, 2010
Migration
is underway! One crane from the Texas wintering ground has
made the earliest departure on record,
while one '09 chick has her own claim to migration fame. At
least 27 older cranes in the Eastern flock are on the journey
north. Meet a "Crane Extraordinaire" in our slideshow
and test your skill at identifying whoopers in our photo quiz.
How could it be useful for a crane to change its crown color?
Photo
Eva Szyszkoski, ICF |
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Whooping
Crane Migration Update: February 26, 2010
“Things
are looking up for this very endangered species,” reports
Tom Stehn from the main flock’s Texas wintering
grounds where the count is 263 Whooping cranes and
plenty of rain.
Three Eastern cranes may have begun migration with
sandhill cranes. The crane-kids, content in Florida,
learned to eat blue crabs.
Meet the flock’s most productive pair in our
slideshow and compare the two flocks we're tracking.
Discover why 929 has a different
VHF transmitter (see photo) from
all
the others. Photo
Sara Zimorski, ICF
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Whooping
Crane Migration
Update: February 12, 2010
Get ready! Newly banded and set free, the
Class of 2009 crane-kids have begun their final reintroduction
steps into
the wild at two Florida wildlife refuges. Learn to identify
them by deciphering their banding codes. Investigate the outlook
for the flock in Texas with the photo story of wild crane Scarbaby.
Tour the wintering grounds of both flocks through slideshows.
Answer: What will the two cranes pictured here do next in their
standoff? Photo Eva Szyszkoski, ICF |
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Welcome
and Orientation
What endangered species stands nearly five feet tall with
wingspans wider than most cars? Whooping Cranes! Our reports
begin on February 13, when these magnificent birds are on
their wintering grounds. Regular
WHOOPING CRANE SPRING MIGRATION UPDATES will be posted here
on Fridays. (See schedule above.) Download your official
journals, make your map of Whooping Crane habitats, and
get ready for the journey north adventure! Photo
Operation Migration
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