Today's Report Includes:
- The Migration : Map, Data and Highlights >>
- Field Reports: Here They Come! >>
- Journal Question: How Do They Know When They've Reached Home? >>
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Links: This Week's Crane Resources >>
This is
#735, now in Wisconsin. Why
is she in a pen? Why
are the ID bands missing from her right leg? Find out: #735
Photo
Colleen Wisinski, ICF
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Arrival Log >> |
Map Questions >> |
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Western Flock: They're off to Canada! In his flight over the refuge to count cranes yesterday, Tom Stehn found just 34 whoopers! Eastern Flock: More than half of the new flock's 74 birds (including one HY2007 ultralight-led crane), are confirmed back in central Wisconsin! Topping off the good news, a few of the crane pairs have raised hopes that chicks may finally hatch this summer!
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Crane
#216 visits #735 in her pen at Necedah. Other cranes visit
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Western Flock Report: Seventeen groups of Whooping Cranes have been reported all the way from central Texas to South Dakota, with most sightings from Kansas and Nebraska. The cranes now as far north as Nebraska will be held up by a snowstorm and unfavorable winds in that state over the next few days! Find out why Tom thinks the cranes left earlier this year. Decide if you'd like to do what Tom did today. >> Eastern Flock Report: Young #709 was first from his class to fly over the refuge, but where is he now? Sara comments on his behavior, and trackers Eva and Anna tell which cranes are where. The First Parents (pair #211 and #217) and their offspring (W601) are sitting on nests! (No one knows yet if eggs have been laid.) >> |
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On April 4, #709 became the first of the Class of 2007 to complete migration to Wisconsin — but wait! He overflew and kept going. Read more on his bio page (scroll to the end for latest news) and listen to Joe's audio clip to answer:
- How do you think #709 will know where and when to settle for the summer?
Write your responses in your Journal. >>
#703
Photo
Anna Fasoli, ICF
- Explore: Radio Telemetry: Tracking the Cranes >>
- Imagine: A Day in the Life of a Migrating Whooper >>
- Read:
Migration Dangers
>> - Discover: Whooping Crane Population Totals as of March 31, 2008 >>
- Observe (Video): Watching Walking Whoopers >>
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This
animal was seen near a coyote family. What is it? |
The Next Whooping Crane Migration Update Will Be Posted on April 18, 2008.
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