Giant cranes roost again in Louisiana’s White Lake

State-federal project aims to re-establish rare bird - By Richard Burgess

Cranes and Culture: A UWSP Grad Student’s Return to Cuba

Aaron Osowski
aosow812@uwsp.edu

Tall, loud, noble, majestic. These words come to mind when one thinks of a crane. They are a species of bird that have oftentimes bordered on extinction, and one student is using the awe and wonder these creatures inspire to show children in Wisconsin and Cuba the importance of treating our environment with respect.

Black-Necked Crane paradise in silver world

The scientific name of Black-Necked Crane is Grus Nigricollis (Latin), and belongs to the Gruidae family of Gruiformes order. Black-necked Crane is a large-size wading bird, with a full body-length of around 120 centimeters. The color of its body ranges from silver gray to approximately white, with dotted brown brims. - China.org.cn

Bullets Shatter Whooping Cranes' Progress

Five whooping cranes found shot to death in last 18 months. - By Barbara Behrendt, St. Petersburg Times

Lancashire nature reserve gets a visit from South African birds

Lancashire Evening Post

Wind Power Could Kill Millions of Birds Per Year by 2030

American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization, said today that the build-out of wind energy proposed by the federal government to meet a Department of Energy target of generating 20% of the nation’s electricity through wind power is expected to kill at least one million birds per year by 2030, and probably significantly more. - Surfbird News

Whooping cranes to return to state

BATON ROUGE — Whooping cranes, last seen in a natural habitat along Louisiana's coast in 1950, are expected to return later this month.

New sanctuary for threatened bird

Photo by: Jonathan Eames/BirdLife International

The Cambodian government has issued a sub-decree that establishes a conservation area in Kampot province for Sarus Cranes, a vulnerable species that has gone extinct in multiple Asian nations.