Whooping Crane Update, December 22, 2007
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Entry December 22
Whooping Crane Update,
December 22, 2007
As I write this update from my parent’s home, I’m
thankful to be with
loved ones for the holidays. I’m also thinking of all the
staff and
interns involved with this project who are graciously sacrificing time
with their family and friends to care for and monitor the captive and
released populations of Whooping Cranes. For these dedicated people,
there is no holiday time off.
ICF
and US Fish and Wildlife Service staff are tracking and monitoring the
59 Whooping Cranes in the eastern population, currently scattered over
six states—Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South
Carolina, and
Florida.
Staff at the five captive breeding centers—ICF,
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, San Antonio Zoo, Calgary Zoo, and
the Audubon Species Survival Center are feeding and taking care of the
captive cranes over the holidays.
After 66 days, the road-weary
team from Operation Migration has taken a much deserved break to head
home to be with family for the holidays. They will resume migration on
December 29 from Cumberland County, Tennessee — the
cranes’ current
stopover location. Two OM employees and one from Patuxent volunteered
to stay with the birds in Cumberland County.
To all these
staff and interns we thank you for giving so much of yourselves to care
for these endangered cranes, and to all—-Happy Holidays!
Update by Joan Garland, ICF Education Outreach Coordinator.
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