Whooping Crane Update, December 5, 2006
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Entry December 5
Whooping Crane Update,
December 5, 2006
The 12 Whooping Cranes who had not yet begun their fall migration from
Wisconsin all departed on the 29th and 30th of November, following an
arctic air mass that moved into the state.
The
current distribution of the 65 Whooping Cranes in the eastern migratory
population is: Illinois (6), Indiana (18), Michigan (1), Tennessee (1),
Florida (18), and undetermined (21). The Whooping Crane family remains
in Vermillion County, Indiana. They arrived in their current location
on November 19.
The 18 Whooping Cranes and crew with Operation
Migration are currently in Pike County, Georgia, after departing from
the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, Tennessee, on December 3 and Gordon
County, Georgia this morning.
Update compiled by Joan Garland,
ICF Acting Director of Education. Report provided by Richard Urbanek,
USFWS; Sara Zimorski, ICF; Serena Grover and Tally Love, ICF; Sasha
Rohde and Stacey Kerley, USFWS.
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