[TN-Bird] GA Whooping Crane deaths

From: "David Aborn" <David-Aborn@xxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:49:46 -0500
I thought this might interest people.
 

David Aborn

Chattanooga, TN

 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Georgia Department of Natural
Resources are investigating the suspicious deaths of three whooping cranes
in south Georgia.

The cranes were found and reported by hunters in Calhoun County, just west
of Albany, Ga., on Dec 30, 2010. 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman Tom MacKenzie said the deaths are
considered suspicious since the birds were found together. He said a
predator would generally kill a single bird at a time. 

The landowner reported the cranes had been in the area for a few weeks
before they found them dead just before New Year's Eve. Necropsies are
expected to be completed in about two weeks. 

The cranes are part of the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership effort to
reintroduce whooping cranes into the eastern United States. These three
cranes were released in October 2010 with seven other first-year birds in
Wisconsin as part of the Direct Autumn Release program. They generally
follow other older whooping cranes and sometime sandhill cranes during the
fall migration to find suitable wintering habitat. They were banded and
equipped with transmitters and were part of the ultralight aircraft-led
migration effort.

Any information concerning the deaths of these cranes should be provided to
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Terry Hasting at 404-763-7959
(ext. 233).






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