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Title: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: Donna on 09-Oct-12, 09:39:33 AM http://youtu.be/Ye4Swf3-yDM (http://youtu.be/Ye4Swf3-yDM) Awesome!
Title: Re: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: MAK on 09-Oct-12, 02:04:49 PM :2thumbsup:
Title: Re: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: gayle on 09-Oct-12, 04:10:48 PM These are not whoopers. They are whooping cranes. Whoopers are swans.
Title: Re: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: MAK on 09-Oct-12, 04:25:43 PM These are not whoopers. They are whooping cranes. Whoopers are swans. Well whoop-de-doo! :rofl: Title: Re: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: Donna on 09-Oct-12, 05:09:38 PM Well, um OK then! I think you can tell by the video that they are WHOOPING CRANES!!! No biggie right? :devil: The guy in the article that I read called them Whoopers also, I better tell him!
Title: Re: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: schlaf374 on 09-Oct-12, 07:44:16 PM These are not whoopers. They are whooping cranes. Whoopers are swans. Thanks for the clarification. There is a big difference between a Crane and a Swan!! Title: Re: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: Donna on 09-Oct-12, 07:52:51 PM These are not whoopers. They are whooping cranes. Whoopers are swans. Thanks for the clarification. There is a big difference between a Crane and a Swan!! I think they use it as a short cut! Me too! :wave: Young "Whoopers" take flight, article from April 2012 http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/young-whoopers-take-flight/ (http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/young-whoopers-take-flight/) Title: Re: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: Donna on 12-Oct-12, 10:09:13 AM A quote from the main Whooping crane site: Operation Migration
Breeding & Nesting Whoopers usually build a nest in marshes or shallow ponds, in about 25 cm of water (the flightless chicks can swim to escape predators) and most often in relatively dense stands of bulrush. I can't be that wrong if they call them Whoopers. Title: Re: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: Donna on 17-Oct-12, 11:28:25 PM TX: New citizen science initiative
inviting Texas residents and visitors to help collect sightings of whoopers. http://www.brownwoodnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9990:whooping-crane-migration-watch-gets-under-way&catid=40:outdoors&Itemid=63 (http://www.brownwoodnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9990:whooping-crane-migration-watch-gets-under-way&catid=40:outdoors&Itemid=63) Title: Re: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: MAK on 17-Oct-12, 11:31:44 PM Whoopee for the whoopers! :clap:
Title: Re: Saving the Whoopers! Post by: Donna on 27-Oct-12, 12:41:03 AM Whooping crane chicks to be released at Horicon
http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20121025/FON0101/310250053/Whooping-crane-chicks-released-Horicon?nclick_check=1 (http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20121025/FON0101/310250053/Whooping-crane-chicks-released-Horicon?nclick_check=1) HORICON — Six whooping crane chicks are expected to be released into the wild later this week at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge. |