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For those interested in the saga of the Todd County whooper, good news regarding its missing mate: 12 April: At 1540 today the radiosignal of no. 3-03 was detected in fli= ght over Rynearson Pools in Wiconsin's Necedah National Wildlife refuge. Sh= e continued northward and landed on northwestern Goose Pool, within the territory of her and her mate (no. 16-02) at 1550. After about 20 minut= es she moved within the territory to nearby Killdeer Pool (photo), where s= he began foraging. She later roosted on northeastern Sprague Pool. No. 16-02 had been reported alone near Molly Creek, south of Swanville,= Todd County, central Minnesota, on 7 April. He and his mate, no. 3-03, = were the only one of last year's breeding pairs that had not yet arrived on their territory in Central Wisconsin. They had last been reported at a migration stop on Hatchie NWR, Haywood County, in western Tennessee on = 19 March. The presence of no. 16-02 in Central Minnesota and the absence o= f no. 3-03 were cause for concern. Perhaps they had become separated by a= severe disturbance such as a storm during migration. Hopefully, no. 16-= 02 will soon return to his territory on Necedah NWR; if not, there are sev= eral bachelor males in the area available to take his place. 14 young whoopers ( fledged in 2005) are just across the river from Minnesota north of La Crosse so future wanderings of other cranes into = MN seems likely. Please report your crane observations to me and I'll for= ward them to the project biologists. Thanks in advance for any observations= . Bob Russell, USFWS, Ft. Snelling= --0__=09BBFBDCDFC091718f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFBDCDFC09171 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline <html><body> <p><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman">For those interested in th= e saga of the Todd County whooper, good news regarding its missing mate= :</font><br> <br> <font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman">12 April: At 1540 today the r= adiosignal of no. 3-03 was detected in flight over Rynearson Pools in W= iconsin's Necedah National Wildlife refuge. She continued northward and= landed on northwestern Goose Pool, within the territory of her and her= mate (no. 16-02) at 1550. After about 20 minutes she moved within the = territory to nearby Killdeer Pool (photo), where she began foraging. Sh= e later roosted on northeastern Sprague Pool.</font><br> <br> <font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman">No. 16-02 had been reported a= lone near Molly Creek, south of Swanville, Todd County, central Minneso= ta, on 7 April. He and his mate, no. 3-03, were the only one of last ye= ar's breeding pairs that had not yet arrived on their territory in Cent= ral Wisconsin. They had last been reported at a migration stop on Hatch= ie NWR, Haywood County, in western Tennessee on 19 March. The presence = of no. 16-02 in Central Minnesota and the absence of no. 3-03 were caus= e for concern. Perhaps they had become separated by a severe disturbanc= e such as a storm during migration. Hopefully, no. 16-02 will soon retu= rn to his territory on Necedah NWR; if not, there are several bachelor = males in the area available to take his place.</font><br> <br> <font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman">14 young whoopers ( fledged i= n 2005) are just across the river from Minnesota north of La Crosse so = future wanderings of other cranes into MN seems likely. Please report = your crane observations to me and I'll forward them to the project biol= ogists. Thanks in advance for any observations. Bob Russell, USFWS, F= t. Snelling</font><br> </body></html>= --0__=09BBFBDCDFC091718f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFBDCDFC09171--
