[wisb] Whooping Crane numbers in TX now
- From: William mueller <iltlawas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:36:52 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
This information just passed along by J. Trick, USFWS:
"The fourth aerial census of the 2010-11 whooping crane season was conducted
February 11, 2011 in a Cessna 210 piloted by Gary Ritchey of Air Transit
Solutions, Castroville, Texas with USFWS observers Tom Stehn and Brad Strobel.
Flight conditions and visibility were excellent throughout the 6-hour flight.
Sighted on the flight were 238 adults and 42 juveniles = 280 total whooping
cranes. With the addition of a confirmed report on February 8th of a single
whooping crane in north Texas east of Dallas in Jones County, the flock size is
estimated at 281. This breaks the previous high of 270 reached in the fall,
2008. The flock of 281 consists of 236 white-plumaged and 45 juveniles = 281
total. "
William P. Mueller
Milwaukee, WI
(414) 698-9108
E-mail: iltlawas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On the web: http://home.earthlink.net/~iltlawas/index.html
Blog: http://bluebirdslaugh.blogspot.com/
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