[EMAS] Whooping Cranes in Hayesville?
- From: Anthony Geiger <anthony_w_geiger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: emas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:29:16 -0800 (PST)
Does anyone have any more information/ directions to these birds?
http://www.wxii12.com/news/30046520/detail.html
Would like to go look for them this weekend...
- Tony Geiger
Whooping Cranes Make Rare North Carolina Landing
POSTED: 10:50 am EST December 21, 2011
CHARLOTTE -- A pair of some of the world's rarest birds is spending the winter
in western North Carolina for the first time on record.
The Charlotte Observer reported Wednesday that the male and female whooping
cranes are among fewer than 600 of the species left in the wild. They're part
of an eastern North American flock that saw chicks raised in captivity relearn
migration routes by following ultralight aircraft.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the rare birds were spotted earlier
this month near Hayesville, in far western North Carolina. The male found near
Hayesville spent last winter in southeastern Tennessee after flying south from
the bird's breeding grounds in Wisconsin.
Biologists expect the pair to mate once they fly north in the spring
Read more: http://www.wxii12.com/news/30046520/detail.html#ixzz1hr5JfZ3B
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