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[baziunc]

Tina, isn't it fun to watch the young Whoopers?  They each have their own individual personalities, too, of course, which you will discover the more you watch it.  A word of warning... LOL... Addiction to following the Whoopers can be rapid. 

[omasawyer]

baz; thanks for the wonderful info and links. I watched "Fly Away Home" many times and was mesmerized by the amount of time and patience it takes from point A to home and back. Now I have watched every video  and copied the web sites down and after two hours here I need a nap like you do   Lots of great info and I really appreciate your assistance 

.....and thanks again to Shep. for starting this thread

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[shep]

July 27, 2015   Monday   Shepnotes 
Chat is not working, cam is very iffy, I quit trying
Joe Duff was pilot again

Great to have you aboard oma, tina and baz 

July 27, 2015 video
Joe flew a couple circles - ONE chick followed
https://youtu.be/yFO4SeNTuio

[shep]

So sorry to hear Bob Anderson passed away!

In memory of Bob Anderson
http://www.raptorresource.org/forum/index.php/topic,2049.0.html

wind beneath our wings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jorJh8DTMVM

Under His wings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZMnPN5QdLk

Amy, may the LORD be with you and yours during this time.

 

[shep]

July 28, 2015   [/b]   Tuesday   Shepnotes 
Too windy to fly so the 3 tumes take chix on a walkbout
Will the chix walk?  Will they fly?  Will they mind?  Stay tuned -  As the Trike Flies
Chix come eagerly out of the gate!  fly to the end of the runway as if waiting for the trike - which isnt there. haha
Its cute to see the chix gather around the 2 men in costumes


VIDEOS

Operation Migration National Geographic 2008
https://youtu.be/Prd57DTzqoA

July 27 the kids had a hike in the marsh as OM mowed the runway - it was gettin bumpy!
Video of the colts taking their field trip
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQO5e5RFKZs


Beautiful OM photos
http://operationmigration.org/InTheField/2015/07/24/blind-date-anyone


Did I read that right?
24 chicks hatched this year from 37 nests.  Only three chicks have survived to mid-July.
Whooping crane hatching season produces hope and concern.
Endangered whooping cranes are slowly gaining a foothold in the state as another breeding season rears a few more wild chicks in their new Wisconsin home.  Challenged by pests and inexperience, the cranes have struggled to reproduce successfully in the wild.
http://operationmigration.org/InTheField/2015/07/28/in-case-you-missed-it-5

continue reading here
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/whooping-crane-hatching-season-produces-hope-and-concern-b99541545z1-318595461.html

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WHOOPSIE
Hybrid whoophill crane update
The hybrid crane colt captured last week is safe at the Milwaukee County Zoo, where it will be housed  together with their lone Sandhill crane.  The colt captured is a whoophill, the result of a successful pairing between a whooping crane and a sandhill crane. This chick was noticed at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge in May.

The good news here is we have learned #16 from 2011, the male whooping crane, is a vigilant male that has helped his sandhill mate raise a chick and protect it from predation.  Since this male appears to have good parenting skills, we hope he can use these in the future with a whooping crane mate.

MULTIPLE MATE MALES (Im a lil confused here too)
While some whooping cranes have strong mate fidelity, there are many pairs that swap mates frequently. We are hopeful this will be the case for this pair, to help increase the chance this male whooping crane will help build his species? population in the future.

It is never easy to take steps to remove an animal from the wild, but we are guided by the scientific expertise of the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership and the hope that our efforts will ensure that whooping cranes continue to be a part of our landscape.
http://operationmigration.org/InTheField/2015/07/27/hybrid-crane-update

[omasawyer]

  Shep; I have been reading everything I could find about these beautiful birds but I have a couple of QQ's please. 1. Where is Baraboo? and 2. Why are they scattered all around the states? Is there no way that some could be moved to one State for training. oops I will google Baraboo -- thank you, oma

[shep]

Oma, I cant answer ALL the questions, but these links may be of help.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/crane/index.html
http://operationmigration.org/InTheField
http://operationmigration.org

The reason they wear those white sheet costumes is so the chicks will remain wild, not habituated to humans.  Frankly I cringe when they call them 'wild.'  They want to bring back the species from near extinction.
You can email - [email protected]

I have tracked them for a couple years in my own forum.
http://cj.myfreeforum.org/about4464.html

This is misc crane info and links not specific to OM

Whooping Cranes, events, mortalities
I hated to include their deaths, but their survival rate is so low
animals get them, so do electric lines - or an illegal shooter
DONT blame guns.  gun doesnt kill, people do
http://cj.myfreeforum.org/about4561.html


Wisconsin whooping cranes have 2 flocks -
The groups OM raises and takes to Florida behind the trike,
and a wild group than allows the parents to raise their own chicks.

There are other groups in other states

[omasawyer]

shep; many thanks. I have all the links and I shall do more homework  I really appreciate your time. I will be back after I study more

[baziunc]

  We can enjoy watching what is going on with the young Whoopers, and follow their progress and development via OM this year.  No studying is required to do that.  (whew!  )      Come back anytime, Oma.   Shep, thanks for your updates and links to additional info for those who choose to read more.

[shep]

July 30, 2015       Thursday   Shepnotes 
No training - again - winds aloft too strong for trike

The birds lasting fly - training was Monday July 27th.

[baziunc]

Thanks for your updates here, Shep. 

[shep]

July 31, 2015       Flyday   Shepnotes 
BEAUTIFUL full moon greeted the marsh dawn
6+ am  Pilot Joe flew in - and took all 6 birdies up up and around
#2 kept following a couple more circles
Joe took the birds up twice - once at each end of runway
Birds flew very well along runway, one flew over pond 2 but circled and didnt land.  GOOD BIRD

5:54 am  Bird flies by moon, pic by lingreenhalgh
https://flic.kr/p/wrFqAe

Keith posts videos a couple hours after training is over
https://youtube.com/user/QhQnmS

LIVE CAM - best link
http://operationmigration.org/cranecam.asp

[baziunc]

Awww Shep, Thanks.  Great training this morning!  Yay!  Loved the pics you posted, too - especially of the beautiful golden yellow, but official Blue Moon!        And thanks for the links.

(I love it when there is a Blue Moon - which is when there are two full moons in the same month.  Today is the second full moon in July, making it a Blue Moon!  )

[shep]

You are RIGHT bout a blue moon baz
allow me to share a pic from my files

[omasawyer]

shep; great videos and such patience from Joe

I loved the beautiful moon photos; especially a REAL blue moon.
Many thanks for all above.

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