Today's Report Includes:
- Journal Topic: Reaching the Goal >>
- Create-a-Caption: What Will the New Chicks Do This Summer? >>
- Award: Congratulations, Operation Migration! >>
- Year-end Evaluation: Please Share Your Thoughts! >>
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Links: This Week's Crane Resources >>
Class
of 2009 Begins Hatching! |
Video
Clip: 1 day old chick learning to eat >> |
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See
our new
slide show story about a pair that (we hope) is nearing the
nesting grounds!
A few whoopers are still at Aransas.
What question does Brian Johns hope new radio transmitters
can help answer? >> |
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The good news: There's a lot of it in Sara's final report! |
Thank you, Mark Chenoweth, Whooper Happenings!
Whoopee! The first chick in the new Class of 2009 has hatched! Chick #901 emerged on May 3. It was followed by #903 on May 4, #904 on May 6 and 905 and 906 on May 7. We'll start a "Baby Book" for each precious fluff ball so you can meet them right away. Operation Migration's "Chick Mama" Bev and ultralight pilot Brooke are in Maryland for care and training of the babies before they are transported to Wisconsin for flight school in June and July.
More eggs
will be received for hatching soon at Patuxent
WRC. Whooping Crane Coordinator Tom Stehn said, "More eggs
are expected as pairs lay second and third clutches and some late-laying
females
get
going." As they are born, meet the new arrivals here: >>
Welcome to the world, Chick #901!
How many chicks will be in the Class of 2009? We don't know yet because they are still coming! But we DO know this: Come fall, the 100th chick in the reintroduction of the new Eastern flock will fly south with ultralight planes leading the way. Here's a question:
- The goal is 25 breeding pairs from 125 cranes released into the flyway by 2020. When do you predict they'll make it? Give reasons for your thinking. What percentage of the goal has been achieved?
List your ideas in your journal. >>
Create-a-Caption Handout >>
Then write your own captions as you enjoy the "wordless" Summer Adventures Slide Show! >>
What if your grandchildren grew up in a world where they could never see a Whooping crane because they were extinct? Thanks to the work of Operation Migration and other WCEP partners, that is no longer as likely. For their dedicated and important work in teaching the lost migration route and establishing a new flock of Whooping cranes where they vanished over a century ago, Operation Migration was honored May 7 in Washington DC as one of the National winners for the 2009 Partners in Conservation Award!
This is the highest civilian partnership
award given by the United States Department
of the Interior (DOI) and we are cheering loudly and proudly for O.M! >>
At the Smithsonian
The ultralight trike used by Operation Migration to test
their idea by teaching Canada geese chicks a new migration route was
installed in the Smithsonian in 2008. A short ceremony was held there
on May 6, 2009. Click on the photo to read about some students who have
already
visited the new display!
Secretary
of the Interior Ken Salazar gives the Partners in Conservation Award to Operation
Migration!
More >>
O.M.'s
ultralight at the Smithsonian: the
Concord in the background dwarfs the trike!
Photo Heather Ray
Will you take a few minutes to complete our Year-end Evaluation?
With your help, we can we document Journey North's reach, impact and value. We need comments like yours to keep the program going and growing.
Thank you! >>
Year-end Evaluation
- Video Clip: Learning to Eat >>
- Audio Clip: Bev and the New Chicks >>
- Slide Show: Lucky LaCreek Pair >>
- Western Flock News: Brian Reports >>
- Eastern Flock News: Sara's Summary >>
- Lesson: The Challenges of Whooping Crane Survival >>
- Lesson: Is This Crane Egg Fertile and Alive? >>
- The Finish Line: Wisconsin Arrivals >>
- Current Nesting Chart: Spring 2009, Eastern Flock >>
- Get Acquainted: WCEP Partners: Who Does What? >>
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