Of only fifteen species of cranes in the world, just two species occur
in the western hemisphere: the sandhill crane, which is the most numerous, and
the whooping crane, the rarest. Why have the two North American species
experienced such different recent fates? By Elizabeth H. Smith (Prairie Fire Newspaper).
http://www.prairiefirenewspaper.com/2014/04/what-do-whooping-cranes-do-in-the-winter
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014
Six member panel set up for crane conservation
After a task force to
monitor the critically endangered Great Indian Bustards (GIBs), the state
government has now set up an six-member expert committee for conservation of
sarus cranes in Gondia district. By Vijay Pinjarker (Economic Times/Times of India).
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/flora-fauna/six-member-panel-set-up-for-cranes-conservation/articleshow/34177217.cms
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/flora-fauna/six-member-panel-set-up-for-cranes-conservation/articleshow/34177217.cms
Nature group cries foul as Alberta considers sandhill crane hunt
The Alberta government is looking at allowing people to hunt sandhill cranes after years of lobbying by hunters. By Jim Cotter (Calgary Herald).
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/alberta/Nature+group+cries+foul+Alberta+considers+sandhill+crane/9771916/story.html
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/alberta/Nature+group+cries+foul+Alberta+considers+sandhill+crane/9771916/story.html
Historic Easter egg laid at Slimbridge
A
pair of Common Cranes has nested at Slimbridge Wetland Centre WWT,
Gloucestershire, as part of the Great Crane Project reintroduction scheme.
(Birdwatch).
http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?cate=__15351
http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/channel/newsitem.asp?cate=__15351
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Rare whooping crane appears near Lake Okeechobee
Whooping crane No. 1441, one of the last surviving
cranes in a failed effort to re-establish a Florida flock of the nearly extinct
birds, made a rare appearance this spring. By Janet Staletovitch (Miami
Herald).
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/04/11/4054376/rare-whooping-crane-appears-near.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/04/11/4054376/rare-whooping-crane-appears-near.html
Endangered whooping cranes nesting again in south Louisiana
It’s been 75 years since a whooping crane egg was documented in the state, and the birds had disappeared from the Louisiana landscape by 1950, the victim of habitat loss and hunting. By Richard Burgess (The Advocate).
http://theadvocate.com/news/8914061-123/whooping-cranes-eggs-found-scientists
Sandhill crane nest moved from Florida intersection
As the sun set on Melbourne on Monday evening, a sandhill crane sat in the grass beside a pond, her mate standing a one-legged guard at her side. But the bird's efforts to incubate the nest there may be futile. It was moved over the weekend. By Stacey Barchenger (Florida Today).
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/04/14/sandhill-crane-nest-moved-from-melbourne-intersection/7721127/
A modern day wonder in the Sea of Gallilee, Israel’s hot spot for migratory birds
The Sea of Gallilee, where Christ reputedly walked
on water, is today home to another miracle of sorts. It is where hundreds of millions of birds
migrate across Israel and a paradise for bird watchers. By Nic Robertson (CNN).
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/09/travel/israel-bird-migrations-sea-galilee/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/09/travel/israel-bird-migrations-sea-galilee/index.html
Dance of the Demoiselle Crane
Once every
year Khichan, a dusty village in Rajasthan, turns into a diner for the
long-necked birds from Mongolia and Eurasia. By Sanjay AustaSanjay Austa (Mumbai Mirror).
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/leisure/Dance-of-the-demoiselle-crane/articleshow/33671183.cms
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/leisure/Dance-of-the-demoiselle-crane/articleshow/33671183.cms
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Mother crane attacks cars driving near nest in Florida
Drivers in Brevard County have reported a nesting sandhill crane
causing problems in Melbourne, pecking at their cars as they drive past the
mother's eggs. By
Greg Pallone,(Bay News 9).
http://baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/4/9/nesting_crane_brevar.html
http://baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/4/9/nesting_crane_brevar.html
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