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Patuxent Whooping Crane  Information and Resources 

yellow ball bullet See our most recent Whooping Crane Report, recently updated!

Current Patuxent Crane Science Projects:

yellow ball bullet See our current crane projects by searching Patuxent's projects and using keyword "crane" or "cranes"

Online Publications:

yellow ball bulletCranes: Their Biology, Husbandry and Conservation
 
yellow ball bulletProceedings of the Eighth North American Crane Workshop  

Educational Materials:

yellow ball bullet Importance of Genetic Diversity in Whooping Cranes (Adobe PDF File--Get Acrobat Reader)

Other Related Sites:

yellow ball bullet Alberta, Canada Whooping Crane Information
 yellow ball bullet Friends of the Bosque NWR
yellow ball bullet International Crane Foundation
yellow ball bullet Journey North Whooping Crane Site (in cooperation with the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership)
yellow ball bullet Monte Vista Crane Festival
yellow ball bullet National Wildlife Federation "Keep the Wild Alive" Conservation Campaign (Whooping Crane is one of 25 highlighted species)
yellow ball bullet Operation Migration
 yellow ball bullet Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP)
 yellow ball bullet Other Whooping Crane Sites
 Whooper Chick (Tux) Day 3
Photo by Nelson Beyer, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Whooper Chick Checkup
Photo by Damien Ossi, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Young Whoopers in Constructed Ponds
Photo by Damien Ossi, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Whooper Parent-Reared Chick and Parents
Photo by Damien Ossi, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Patuxent Crane Update:  
Crane updates are included in Whooper Reports.
     

 

Whooper chicks becoming familiar with a pond, photo by Kathy O'Malley, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Whooper chicks becoming familiar with a pond; photo by USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center


Three chicks exercising behind ultralight, photo by Kathy O'Malley, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Three chicks exercising behind ultralight; photo by USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

 

Youngest whooper chick being fed by a costumed technician with a whooper puppet head, photo by Kathy O'Malley, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Youngest whooper chick being fed by a costumed technician with a whooper puppet head; photo by USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center


Florida Sandhill Crane Chick, photo by Kathy O'Malley, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Florida Sandhill Crane Chick; photo by  USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

 

Three WCEP Whooping Crane Chicks in incubator, photo by Kathy O'Malley, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Three WCEP Whooping Crane Chicks in incubator, photo by Kathy O'Malley, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD, USA
URL http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/cranes.htm
Contact: Kathy O'Malley
Last modified: 03/21/2008
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