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Operation Migration-USA Inc was established in 1999 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. In collaboration with the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, Operation Migration participated in the reintroduction of endangered Whooping cranes into eastern North America beginning in 2001 and continuing until the last small flock was led south in 2015 ...
The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, [3] [1] named for its "whooping" calls. Along with the sandhill crane ( Antigone canadensis ), it is one of only two crane species native to North America, and it is also the tallest North American bird species. [ 3 ]
In western Nebraska, the banks and riverbed of the Platte provide a green oasis amid an otherwise semi-arid region of North America. The central Platte River valley is an important stopover for migratory water birds, such as the whooping crane and sandhill crane, in their yearly traversal of the Central Flyway. Fossil evidence in the Platte ...
It's estimated that more than 600,000 sandhill cranes pass through this region each spring, which is about 80% of the world’s sandhill population. Annual sandhill crane migration in Nebraska a ...
Cranes prepare for migration in wetlands with agricultural fields nearby. Many of these staging areas are in Wisconsin and attract thousands of birds. ... "But, without older whooping cranes here ...
Nearly 1,000 casualties highlight need to dim city lights. Meanwhile, here are chances to safely view migratory birds.
Since the 1990s, snow geese have eaten waste corn on which the cranes also rely prior to migration. [29] Sandhill crane populations are also threatened by hunting. Hunting cranes is legal throughout the states of the Central Flyway, from the Dakotas and Wyoming south to Oklahoma and Texas. Nebraska is the sole state along the Central Flyway ...
Ancient Voices over America's Wetlands: The Sandhill and Whooping Cranes. 2011. Rocky Mountain Birds: Birds and Birding in the Central and Northern Rocky Mountains. 2011. Wetland Birds of the Central Plains: South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. 2012. Nebraska's Wetlands: Their Wildlife and Ecology. 2012.