Whooping crane chick cam

The International Crane Foundation has a live camera on whooping crane chicks they are costume-rearing for reintroduction into the wild.

http://www.cranechickcam.org/

Crane Research in North Dakota has impact

Flying vast migration circuits, the midcontinent population of sandhill cranes travels from wintering grounds in the American Southwest and northern Mexico to breeding grounds from Quebec to northeastern Russia. (Associated Press)

http://bismarcktribune.com/lifestyles/outdoors/crane-research-in-n-d-has-impact/article_7746c9e2-c8ed-11e2-b46d-0019bb2963f4.html

Conserving Black-necked Cranes in Bhutan

Phobjikha Valley villagers choose to live without electricity because not installing an electricity grid with overhead wires helps conserve Black-necked Cranes that migrate to the valley.   By Junko Edahiro and Tshering Choki (Japan for Sustainability).

http://www.ecology.com/2013/05/23/conserving-black-necked-cranes/

24 hour guard for western Britain’s first crane egg in four centuries

Conservationists at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire have set up a round-the-clock guard to protect the first common crane egg laid in western Britain in over 400 years.  By Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.

http://www.wwt.org.uk/news/news/2013/05/wwt-news/24-hour-guard-for-western-britains-first-crane-egg-in-four-centuries/

Flies shoo away whooping cranes

Black flies are believed to be responsible for many whooping cranes abandoning their nests in central Wisconsin in a core reintroduction area.  By Jackie Johnson (Wisconsin Radio Network).

http://www.wrn.com/2013/05/flies-shoo-away-whooping-cranes/

Agents looking for whooping crane's slayer

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are looking for leads regarding a whooping crane that was found shot to death by a high-power rifle in Red River Parish. (Eunice Today).

http://www.eunicetoday.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Agents+looking+for+whooping+crane-s+slayer%20&id=22613208

Blue cranes face extinction in Namibia

The latest annual combined aerial/ground crane census for the wet season at Etosha National Park and northwards yielded a maximum total of only 13-15 adult Blue Cranes and one young fledgling (all within the park).  By Dr. Ann Scott and Mike Scott of the Namibia Crane Working Group (The Namibian).

http://www.namibian.com.na/news/environment/full-story/archive/2013/may/article/blue-cranes-face-extinction-in-namibia/

Grey crowned cranes need our help

In response to the plight of the Grey crowned crane and in support of CITES, the International Crane Foundation and the Endangered Wildlife Trust  announce the release of the video “Grey Crowned Cranes Need Our Help!”

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2T8LgfuuELLam1vXORLWiQ/campaign