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A Major Milestone
01/16/2013 - 4:42:22pm
L8, 10, and 11-11
Acronyms of the Whooping Crane World
07/26/2012 - 10:58:18am
Last Minute Addition
07/16/2012 - 4:58:39pm
PWRC #28 hatching, still more in his shell than out. Photo by S. Peregoy
More Cute Chick Pictures
06/19/2012 - 12:14:40pm
PWRC (Patuxent Wildlife Research Center) #9 who is the oldest of the potential 2012 LA chicks.
Try Not to Count Your Whooping Cranes Before They Hatch
06/13/2012 - 3:26:08pm
Whooping crane chick in it's run at PWRC, probably about 1 month old.
Tune in on Wednesday June 6th at 7PM for LPB's Special Program "Zooisiana" Featuring Whooping Cranes and the Current Reintroduction Effort in Louisiana
06/04/2012 - 8:28:02am
Happy Anniversary!
03/23/2012 - 3:21:11pm
L3-10 in a rice field in Jefferson-Davis Parish, fall 2011.
Establishing Dominance
03/05/2012 - 11:05:45am
Second Cohort of Cranes Welcomed!!!
12/02/2011 - 4:26:50pm
As one plane landed the other circled White Lake (notice the plane at the top of the photo)
Pen Preparations
11/25/2011 - 6:09:25pm
Last view of the old top-netted pen.
16!
11/09/2011 - 1:34:34pm
PWRC #23, a female, foraging in the pond pen where she lives at Patuxent.
L8-10 and L10-10 Were Tragically Shot Oct. 9, 2011
10/12/2011 - 4:34:49pm
L8-10
Visit to Patuxent
08/29/2011 - 9:29:18am
Since chicks for release are raised in isolation they're not supposed to hear human voices so everyone is reminded to be quiet.
Fate of Missing L9-10 Determined
08/09/2011 - 3:52:17pm
L9-10
Keeping Up With the Cranes…..Current Research.
07/14/2011 - 2:11:34pm
Robel pole used to measure various habitat charcteristics including water depth and vegetation height
L7-10
06/30/2011 - 10:49:42am
Newly banded L7-10 in the top-netted pen.
A Late Season Rally Leads to More Whooping Cranes That Will Eventually Call Louisiana Home!
06/21/2011 - 4:05:10pm
A young whooping crane chick being raised for future release in Louisiana. Photo by Jane Chandler, PWRC
Release Day for the Cranes! March 14, 2011.
06/03/2011 - 2:56:13pm
First in flight! L10-10 and friend take to the sky for the first time!!
2011 Louisiana Chicks Starting to Hatch
05/24/2011 - 11:42:22am
Adult whooping crane pair, Ginger and Bubba, in their house at the International Crane Foundation (ICF).
Adjusting to Life in Louisiana, Phase 1
05/09/2011 - 9:09:44am
10 juvenile whooping cranes and one plastic decoy in the top-netted pen.
Arrival Day for the Cranes! February 16, 2011.
04/26/2011 - 10:14:27am
Birds were unloaded from the plane to a cargo trailer at the Jennings, LA airport.
Whooping Cranes Return to Louisiana…Something to Dance About!!
04/21/2011 - 2:38:00pm
Pen construction October 2010