- Whooping crane - Wikipedia
The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, [3][1] named for its "whooping" calls Along with the sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis), it is one of only two crane species native to North America, and it is also the tallest North American bird species, [3] with an estimated 22–30+ year life
- 14 whooping cranes hatched in Louisiana this year; 4 survive
The mother, one of Louisiana’s oldest whooping cranes hatched her first chicks this year, and 24 mating pairs nearly doubled the previous state record for the world's rarest cranes
- Crane (bird) - Wikipedia
Most species of cranes have been affected by human activities and are at the least classified as threatened, if not critically endangered [4] The plight of the whooping cranes of North America inspired some of the first US legislation to protect endangered species
- Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1978 - Wikipedia
In lieu of that, Senator Culver (D-IA) adapted the bill to his own attempts to exempt the snail darter, creating the Endangered Species Committee and required the committee to decide on an exemption from protections of the snail darter and the whooping crane within 30 days
- Whooping Crane Summer Range - Wikipedia
Whooping Crane Summer Range is a 16,895-km 2 wetland complex in the boreal forests of northern Alberta and southwestern Northwest Territories in Canada It is the only natural nesting habitat for the endangered whooping crane
- Operation Migration - Wikipedia
Operation Migration was a nonprofit, charitable organization, which developed a method using ultralight aircraft to teach migration to captive-raised, precocial bird species such as Canada geese, trumpeter swans, sandhill cranes, and endangered whooping cranes
- Why are there so many sandhill cranes in Wisconsin right now?
An ultralight plane piloted by Kent Clegg lands followed by a group of whooping and sandhill cranes at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge about 90 miles south of Albuquerque, Tuesday
- Men hid endangered birds they killed, but hunters stumbled . . .
A group of Oklahoma hunters are accused of killing endangered whooping cranes and hiding the bodies — but one of the birds wasn’t dead The four men, all between 32 and 43 years old, shot the
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