Ceropegia

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Posted: 27 Nov 2015


Taken: 25 Nov 2015

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Latka
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
whooping crane
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Whooping Crane

Whooping Crane
This crane, #59-13, named Latka, was the first whopping crane to arrive at the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge wintering ground in Alabama in November 2015. She is part of an effort to establish an Easterm Migratory Flock (EMF) of cranes that was begun in 2000. She is one about 600 wild cranes in existence. The EMF she is in numbers about 100. She was hatched in 2013 from an egg from the Calgary Zoo, costume raised to prevent human imprinting, transferred to the Horicon Marsh in Wisconsin in September, allowed to spend more and more time out of her pen, and was was officially released into the wild adult population in late October to allow her to follow them back to wintering grounds in the south, a program known as Direct Autumn Release (DAR). Eventurally, but quite late in the year, the 2013 DAR birds started their migration but for some reason Latka returned north. Because of severe cold weather a decision was made to capture Latka. She was flown south and released at Wheeler. She learned the migration route when she returned north with a few other cranes the next spring. This is her second year to return to Wheeler unaided. She is quite small for a whooping crane. You can read about her history at www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/crane/13/BandingCodes_latka.html

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 William Sutherland
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Terrific capture!

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8 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
What a wonderful success story !

Admired in ~ I ♥ Nature
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful bird picture.
8 years ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
what a special bird! your photo of her makes her appear to have such smooth sides almost like she has no feathers. wonderful.

thanks for adding to my group 'naturey crap - crappy nature'!
8 years ago.

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