[wisb] Another whooping crane chick loss
- From: Mike Duchek <mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:06:11 -0500
It was previously reported on the Birder's World blog and elsewhere that the
first wild chick had disappeared/died. Now the other one (which was actually
not truly a wild chick - it was an egg transplanted into a nest with infertile
eggs) has disappeared as well.
From the OM blog:
"According to word received from USFWS Tracking and Monitoring team member Dr.
Richard Urbanek, Wild901, has disappeared.
"Wild901, the first of just two wild-hatched Whooping crane chicks in the
Eastern Migratory Population this season, was last observed with its foster
parents 212 & 419* on their territory in Wood County on July 12. When the
family was next checked on July 15 the chick was not found.
The 2009 season's other wild-hatched chick, Wild902 the offspring of First
Family parents 211 & 217*, disappeared in late June."
http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html
It's a tough time for whooping cranes...
-Mike Duchek, Madison, Dane Co.
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