How Big is a Whooping Crane? Whooping cranes are the tallest birds in North America! How tall? FIVE FEET! Baby chicks grow fast. Chicks grow up to one inch per day! Photo Wayne Kryduba Whooping cranes have a wide wingspan. How wide? EIGHT FEET! Photo Heather Ray, Operation Migration Try This! Journal Question/Activity • Use numbers and measurments to compare your height and armspan to a Whooping crane's height and wingspan. Imagine how big you'd be now if you grew as fast as a baby whooper! • Draw a life-size Whooping crane with our instructions and handouts.   This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2009 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.