What's a Whooper Doing Here?
On April 13, 2007, expert observers at Long Point Bird Observatory in Ontario, Canada were shocked. They saw a juvenile Whooping Crane fly over a marsh! Which flock was it from? Why was it here?
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Was it possible that an Eastern flock bird took a detour? Tracker Dr. Richard Urbanek said no. "All of our 2006 birds were accounted for elsewhere at this time."
Could it be a Western flock juvenile floating around loose and way off course? "We did have 2 reports of a lone juvenile during the spring migration," said Tom Stehn. "It makes no sense to me how a juvenile could be at Long Point."
What do YOU think?
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