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Photos and facts from an Alberta, Canada perspective.
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The Magnificant Whooping Crane: Wildlife and Endangered Species Pages  On my quest to learn about Whooping Cranes, I found that they attract passionate interest throughout their migratory route linking the Canadian North to the Texas Gulf. This page and the links below are about the Crane's journey. The links...
http://raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/crane.html

News, information, and images from the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
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 Zoo to be future breeders Chicks Hatched: 18 from PWRC 9 from the International Crane Foundation 1 from Audubon Species Survival Center Of the Hatched Chicks: 21 were trained for the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP) project (14 PWRC, 6...
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/whoopers/

Explains how this bird (Grus canadensis) differs from the Great Blue Heron in appearance, nesting habits, and calls. Describes the crane's food habits and migration.
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The Natural History of the Sandhill Crane  Sandhill is more widespread and in most areas is more abundant. Once nearly eliminated from Michigan, Sandhill Cranes have made a comeback and now are becoming one of the state's most popular watchable wildlife species. Cranes are tall, stately birds...
http://www.michiganaudubon.org/bakersanctuary/crane.htm

Photos of this bird in flight, wading, and on the shore.
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Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)  Send request to license a photo Return to Home Page (In case there is no list of species showing)...
http://birdphotography.com/species/sacr.html

Habitat, breeding, diet, and taxonomy of this wading bird. With photos.
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Sandhill Crane  In order to display this page a browser is needed that displays frames....
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i2060id.html

Images, videos, and sound recordings of this species.
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Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Common Crane  None known by website authors Photographs           Select thumbnail to view larger image Place cursor over image for image information Select additional thumbnail page to view 3 more images. Videos Izumi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan Feb 10, 2002...
http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec43-11.html

Organization promoting preservation efforts for the Whooping Crane (Grus americana) and its habitat.
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Whooping Crane Conservation Association  Copyright© 2002-2004 Whooping Crane Conservation Association You are visitor Number:...
http://www.whoopingcrane.com/