[mou] Ultralight whooping cranes arrive in FL, Migrants leave WI
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Robert_Russell@fws.gov
Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:42:09 -0600
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The last Necedah NWR whooping cranes left Wisconsin this weekend and h=
eaded south so
Minnesota birders can relax--any remaining big white birds with black =
wing tips are now
either geese or pelicans or wood storks. Here's an AP report that hit=
the papers today.
Many wild ones from the Wisconsin flock are moving or likely moving so=
uthward today with
birds in Indiana and Illinois and in states to the south and east of t=
hose spots.
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CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. - Thirteen endangered whooping cranes landed safel=
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west-central Florida wildlife refuge Sunday morning, finishing a 64-da=
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Following ultralight aircraft, the flock landed about 9:40 a.m. at the=
Chassahowitzka
National Wildlife Refuge, according to a recorded update line. They ha=
d been held up in
northern Florida for six days waiting for the right weather to complet=
e the trip.
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The trip over seven states started Oct. 10 at Wisconsin's Necedah Nati=
onal Wildlife
Refuge. =
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The planes are escorting the endangered cranes, which were raised in c=
aptivity, to teach
them how to migrate. The flock is the fourth to learn the route, thank=
s to the Canadian
nonprofit group Operation Migration. =
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The cranes, born at different times in May, will be monitored by biolo=
gists over the
winter and tracked next spring when they return to Wisconsin unaided. =
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On Friday, one of the cranes was euthanized at a Gainesville medical f=
acility after it
was found to be suffering from parasitic and bacterial infections. =
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At five feet tall, whooping cranes are North America's tallest birds. =
They also are
among the world's rarest, with only about 400 left. The whooping crane=
was near
extinction in 1941, with only about 20 (sic 14) left. Bob Russell, US =
Fish and Wildlife
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The last Necedah NWR whooping cranes left Wisconsin this weekend and he=
aded south so Minnesota birders can relax--any remaining big white bird=
s with black wing tips are now either geese or pelicans or wood storks.=
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he Wisconsin flock are moving or likely moving southward today with bir=
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<p><font face=3D"Arial">Following ultralight aircraft, the flock landed=
about 9:40 a.m. at the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, accord=
ing to a recorded update line. They had been held up in northern Florid=
a for six days waiting for the right weather to complete the trip. </fo=
nt>
<p><font face=3D"Arial">The trip over seven states started Oct. 10 at W=
isconsin's Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. </font>
<p><font face=3D"Arial">The planes are escorting the endangered cranes,=
which were raised in captivity, to teach them how to migrate. The floc=
k is the fourth to learn the route, thanks to the Canadian nonprofit gr=
oup Operation Migration. </font>
<p><font face=3D"Arial">The cranes, born at different times in May, wil=
l be monitored by biologists over the winter and tracked next spring wh=
en they return to Wisconsin unaided. </font>
<p><font face=3D"Arial">On Friday, one of the cranes was euthanized at =
a Gainesville medical facility after it was found to be suffering from =
parasitic and bacterial infections. </font>
<p><font face=3D"Arial">At five feet tall, whooping cranes are North Am=
erica's tallest birds. They also are among the world's rarest, with onl=
y about 400 left. The whooping crane was near extinction in 1941, with =
only about 20 (sic 14) left. Bob Russell, US Fish and Wildlife Service<=
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