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Whooping
Crane Migration Update: April 11, 2008 |
Today's Report Includes:
- The
Migration : Map, Data and Highlights >>
- Field
Reports: Here They Come! >>
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Journal Question: How
Do They Know When They've Reached Home? >>
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Links:
This Week's Crane Resources >>
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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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The
Migration: Maps, Data and Highlights |
Maps
and Data
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Map/Sightings
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Arrival
Log >>
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Map
Questions >>
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Highlights |
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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Which
Cranes Have Reached the Finish Line? See
the list: >>
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Field Reports: Here They Come! |
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Crane
#216 visits #735 in her pen at Necedah. Other cranes visit
her too.
Photo Colleen Wisinski,
ICF |
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Read
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Tom Stehn's report |
Read
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Sara's and trackers' report
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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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Journal
Question: How Do They Know When They've Reached Home? |
Audio
Clip: Hear
Ultralight Pilot Joe Duff >> |
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
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This
Week's Crane Resources |
- 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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The
Next Whooping Crane Migration Update Will Be Posted on
April 18, 2008.
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