Saving the Whoopers!

[Donna]

http://youtu.be/Ye4Swf3-yDM Awesome!

[MAK]

 

[gayle]

These are not whoopers.  They are whooping cranes.  Whoopers are swans.

[MAK]

These are not whoopers.  They are whooping cranes.  Whoopers are swans.

Well whoop-de-doo! 

[Donna]

Well, um OK then! I think you can tell by the video that they are WHOOPING CRANES!!! No biggie right?  The guy in the article that I read called them Whoopers also, I better tell him!

[schlaf374]

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!!

[Donna]

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! 
 
Young "Whoopers" take flight, article from April 2012

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/young-whoopers-take-flight/

[Donna]

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.

[Donna]

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

[MAK]

Whoopee for the whoopers! 

[Donna]

Whooping crane chicks to be released at Horicon

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.