Cranes fighting fit and ready for release

"Some 23 young Common Cranes, part of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s (WWT) Great Crane Project, will be released onto the Somerset Moors and Levels in September, the trust has announced." -The Birdwatch Team

http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?c=11&cate=__14715

Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission approves sandhill crane hunting

The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Friday to allow for the first time a limited amount of hunting of the Sandhill crane this fall. - Josh Brown, The Tennessean

http://tnne.ws/1832vDN 

The crested crane dances to your tune

http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/646503-kyambura-gorge-the-valley-of-the-apes.html

Whoopers won't be flying over Dunnellon this winter

"Cameras will not be needed this winter at the Dunnellon/Marion County Airport. The whooping crane chicks learning how to migrate from Wisconsin to Florida by following Operation Migration's ultralight aircraft will not be coming this year." - Susan Latham Carr, Staff Writer
http://bit.ly/1dNyCMF

Rare African crane hangs out near Orange Lake

"There is more unknown than known about an elegant bird currently in residence in a northwest Marion County RV park. No one knows its gender, or where it goes when it is not there." -Susan Smiley-Height, Staff writer
http://bit.ly/13XMGBf

The Girl Who Transformed the Paper Crane Into the Symbol for Peace and Hope

One victim, a twelve year-old girl, Sadako Sasaki, died of radiation induced leukemia in 1955, ten years after the bomb had fallen near her home in Hiroshima. Her story has inspired millions around the world and her memory transformed the origami crane into an international symbol of peace and hope. By Michael Rose (Huffington Post).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rose/the-girl-who-transformed-the-paper-crane_b_3787670.html

Whooping crane chicks gear up for 2,500 mile trek

Whooping crane chicks in the nesting territory of the northeastern corner of Wood Buffalo National Park are fattening up and growing more each day in order to begin their long migration back to the wild flock’s wintering grounds in Texas later this month. By Renée Francoeur (Northern Journal).

http://norj.ca/2013/08/whooping-crane-chicks-gear-up-for-2500-mile-trek/

Tennessee Sandhill crane discussions should be interesting

Regardless of how the voting goes one thing is fairly certain: This is likely to be the last time sandhill crane hunting is an issue in Tennessee for a long time. - Bob Hodge, Knownews.com

http://bit.ly/1496b8l

Eight whooping crane chicks arrive in Wisconsin for aircraft training

The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) is pleased to announce that this year’s group of birds that will follow ultralight aircraft to Florida has safely arrived in Wisconsin from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md.

http://bit.ly/14mndMr

Chinese Zoo Celebrates Endangered Grey Crowned Crane

Whooping Crane Reintroduction Featured on Smithsonian Instagram

http://bit.ly/1cZRvLO

The latest version of the International Crane Foundation's The ICF Bugle is available.

http://www.savingcranes.org/images/stories/pdf/conservation/2013V39N3.pdf

South Africa: Steps to Protect South Africa's Wattled Cranes

Kwazulu-Natal Midlands — On a winter's afternoon in late July, potato farmer John Campbell and the Endangered Wildlife Trust's Tanya Smith surveyed the Umgeni Vlei Nature Reserve from a hilltop on Ivanhoe Farm in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. - BY BRENDON BOSWORTH

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2013 Yampa Valley Crane Festival

http://bit.ly/14DMDZd

Watch Out For Wild Birds Off The Mississippi Sandhill Crane Refuge

They’re wild and their off the refuge. But federal biologists are watching them and hoping they will eventually drift back to the land that is prepared for them, where they are protected to some degree. By Karen Nelson (Sun Herald).

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/07/31/4837823/watch-out-for-wild-birds-off-the.html

Steps to Protect South Africa's Wattled Cranes

There are an estimated 80 breeding pairs of wattled cranes remaining in South Africa. The total South African population is less than 260. By Brendan Bosworth (Inter Press News Service).

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/steps-to-protect-south-africas-wattled-cranes/

Whooping Crane Case Could Affect State Water Supplies

Known as the “whooping crane case,” the lawsuit pits environmental and endangered species advocates against state and local officials across the country. By Neena Sajita (The Texas Tribune).

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/08/08/whooping-crane-case-could-impact-state-water-suppl/preview/