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Three individuals
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"Tour Boat ""Skimmer"" With tourists looking for Whooping Cranes along the Intercoastal Canal. Two Whooping Cranes visible in distance. Aransas Co., Texas 16 November 2006 2nd image cropped from the 1st image to show the cranes slightly better (adult on left and juvenile). I was shooting images of the tour boat on a paid assignment and was not concentrating on the cranes on this occasion, but figured it would be OK for an iNat record."
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"Tour Boat ""Skimmer"" With tourists looking for Whooping Cranes along the Intercoastal Canal. Two Whooping Cranes visible in distance. Aransas Co., Texas 16 November 2006 2nd image cropped from the 1st image to show the cranes slightly better (adult on left and juvenile). I was shooting images of the tour boat on a paid assignment and was not concentrating on the cranes on this occasion, but figured it would be OK for an iNat record."
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Apparently the first detection of this family group this winter at Granger Lake. Also photographed by Greg Lasley on Feb. 19; one of the adults was banded.
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"Got to see a Whooping Crane at ""Sandhill Station"" this morning! What a great experience! I added my sighting to the Whooping Crane Observation site here: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/whoopingcrane/sightings/sightingform.cfm"
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Weather: 54F, 100% cloudy, rain (mild/light), 10mph NE. At first, 7 cranes were spotted in the middle on an open field with short grass, about 150-200 m north of the road and about 90-100m south of the pond. The field they were located in appeared to have been maintained (cut or grazed regularly) due to human management. The habitat surrounding the field could be classified as live oak woodlands and the soil of this area was very sandy/salty. We were told that these Whooping cranes were members of a flock of about 340 birds that come down to this area during November through early March and then fly north to Northern Alberta during the other months of the year. All seven cranes were standing either preening or with heads tucked next to body. The flock was intermixed with white Ibis. At 10:03, 3 more whooping cranes flew and landed in the flock from the east. As they flew and landed, vocalizations could be heard from the whooping cranes located on the ground, in the flock. As the 3 cranes landed, the Ibis flew away. About 20 grackles were located about 20m south of the whooping crane flock. Then 2 more whooping cranes, that were located about ~100m from the main flock left. The birds were identifiable by their large white bodies with a long neck, red face, black primary feathers, and black legs.
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Three Whooping Cranes flying northward, high above the house.
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Three Whooping Cranes flying northward, high above the house.
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Three Whooping Cranes flying northward, high above the house.
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Three Whooping Cranes flying northward, high above the house.
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Weather: 54F, 100% cloudy, rain (mild/light), 10mph NE. At first, 7 cranes were spotted in the middle on an open field with short grass, about 150-200 m north of the road and about 90-100m south of the pond. The field they were located in appeared to have been maintained (cut or grazed regularly) due to human management. The habitat surrounding the field could be classified as live oak woodlands and the soil of this area was very sandy/salty. We were told that these Whooping cranes were members of a flock of about 340 birds that come down to this area during November through early March and then fly north to Northern Alberta during the other months of the year. All seven cranes were standing either preening or with heads tucked next to body. The flock was intermixed with white Ibis. At 10:03, 3 more whooping cranes flew and landed in the flock from the east. As they flew and landed, vocalizations could be heard from the whooping cranes located on the ground, in the flock. As the 3 cranes landed, the Ibis flew away. About 20 grackles were located about 20m south of the whooping crane flock. Then 2 more whooping cranes, that were located about ~100m from the main flock left. The birds were identifiable by their large white bodies with a long neck, red face, black primary feathers, and black legs.
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Due to the prior severe drought conditions, certain people had been certified to provide feed to the Whooping Cranes at that their homes near the Texas coast. I road by at a good time.
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Whooping Crane Aransas NWR, Texas 25 Feb 1978
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Whooping Crane Aransas NWR, Texas 5 Dec 1981
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Whooping Crane Aransas NWR, Texas 17 Jan 1986
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Whooping Crane Aransas NWR, Texas 18 March 1990
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Whooping Cranes pair with a chick Aransas NWR, Texas 24 Dec 1990 This pair has a chick which was born in Canada in the summer of 1990
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Whooping Crane Aransas NWR, Texas 21 Feb 1991
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Whooping Crane Aransas NWR, Texas 3 Dec 1994