Whooping Crane

Resources to Explore

Background

• Fact Sheet: Whooping Crane Grus americana
• Slideshow: The Annual Cycle of the Whooping Crane
• Slideshow: Tracking Seasonal Change with Journey North

Bringing Back an Endangered Species

• Slideshow: Whooping Crane Comeback
• Activity: Meet the Cranes: Life Histories Reveal Survival Challenges
• Article: Western Flock: The Original Migratory Flock
• Article: Eastern Flock: The New Reintroduced Flock
• Series: Looking Back: Fifteen Years of Ultralight-led Migration

Identification

• Activity: How Big is a Whooping Crane?
• Audio Clip: How Does a Whooping Crane Sound?
• Chart: What's That Bird?
• Slideshow: Crane ID: Would You Know a Whooper?
• Slideshow: Black-and-White Birds: Which Are Cranes?

Food

• Article: How Do Cranes Eat Crabs?
• Article: Blue and Crabby: Whooping Crane Winter Diet

Nesting

• Charts: Annual Nesting Summaries, Eastern Flock
• Article: How Does a Whooping Crane Pick a Mate?
• Article: Sizing Up Territories
• Slideshow: Nesting Season
• Article: Pairs Dance; Why?
• Article: Inside the Egg
  
  

Baby Cranes

• Photo Gallery: Whooping Crane Chicks
• Slideshow: Whooping Crane Kids: Learning Life's Lessons
• Article: Comparing Wild-raised and Captive-raised: Questions

Ultralight-Led Fall Migration

• Article: Why is a second migratory flock needed?
• Charts: Comparing Ultralight-led Migrations 2001-2015
• Slideshow: Countdown to Fall Migration
• Slideshow: Who am I? Imprinting
• Slideshow: Off to Flight School
• Slideshow: Life at Camp O.M. (Operation Migration)
• Article: No More Costumes or Aircraft-led Migrations: Why?
• Photo Gallery: Whooping Cranes on the Wintering Grounds

Additional Resources

• Ask the Expert
• Classrooms in Action
• Archived Crane Resources: Fall | Winter & Spring | Supplemental
• Teaching Resources
• Journey North's Study of the Seasons

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