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Whooping Crane Close-up
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I thought that members of TN might find this close-up of a Whooping Crane (Grus americana) interesting. As well, I thought that information on the Whooping Crane conservation projects might be welcomed. We almost lost this species, but now there are around 500 Whooping Cranes -- most living in the wild, in protected environments.
When I was at the Calgary Zoo a couple of days ago, I saw that two Whooping Cranes are in residence there. The Calgary Zoo is one of the facilities (see below) that provides eggs for the "Reintroduction Project" and "Operation Migration". Those projects are two of the conservation projects that have been successful in the hatching, raising, and migration of Whooping Cranes using ultralight airplanes.
I found this amazing YouTube video about Operation Migration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw_lYovvh5c.
Bill Lishman is one of the two people who started Operation Migration in 1994; the other person is Joe Duff. Mr. Lishman's home page is http://www.williamlishman.com/flight_with_birds.htm. He's the one who taught Canada Geese to fly behind an ultralight.
The Operation Migration URL is: http://www.operationmigration.org/.
From http://www.bringbackthecranes.org/:
The three primary captive breeding centers with whooping crane pairs that produce eggs for the reintroduction project are at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (Maryland), the International Crane Foundation (Wisconsin), and the Calgary Zoo (Canada). Additional breeding pairs are also present at the San Antonio Zoo and the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species at the Audubon Species Survival Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whooping_Crane, for more information about the Whooping Crane. |
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Hi John
You've captured a beautiful portrait of this rare Whooping Crane. Amazing details, colour and lighting. It's not every day you see one of these guys. He's really gorgeous.
I receive emails from a website called Journey North, it's a site that tracks certain species as they fly north in the spring and south in the fall. They also track the whooping crane, which is interesting to follow. www.learner.org/jnorth/crane/index.html
TFS Janice
Amazing capture with fine sharp details, perfect focus, nice natural colors and light, beautiful blured BG,
TFS, regards,
Nikos.
great portrait, TFS Ori
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Grt portrait of this crane ,John .!!!!
The shadow of eyelid facinated me more. Quite detailed portrait. good work. thanks,
Regards,
M.rajan