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Here's an update on the whooping crane that many saw in Todd County ear= lier in the month. Maybe the birds will join up today. No known whoopers f= rom the eastern flock anywhere near MN as of this morning. 8 April: At 1545 today the radio signal of whooping crane no. 16-02 was= detected to the west from Rynearson Pools. He landed within his territo= ry at Necedah NWR, Wisconsin at ~1614. At that time his mate, no. 3-03, wa= s on the ground 2.5 miles to the east. At 1624 no. 16-02 took flight, callin= g incessantly. His left leg (leg with transmitter) was dangling and obvio= usly injured. He proceeded southward and landed again and roosted within a couple of miles of his old mate. How's that for pathfinding!! Florida= to Tennessee to Todd County, Minnesota and back to his traditional pool on= the refuge. No. 16-02 had last been reported near Molly Creek, south of Swanville, = Todd County, central Minnesota, on 12 April. His mate, no. 3-03, had arrived= alone on their territory on Necedah NWR on the same date. This breeding= pair had formed during spring 2005. Information from Richard Urbanek, crane biologist forwarded by Bob Russ= ell, USFWS = --0__=09BBFBC5DFD8F1358f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFBC5DFD8F135 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">Here's an update on the wh= ooping crane that many saw in Todd County earlier in the month. Maybe = the birds will join up today. No known whoopers from the eastern flock= anywhere near MN as of this morning. </font><br> <br> <font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman">8 April: At 1545 today the ra= dio signal of whooping crane no. 16-02 was detected to the west from Ry= nearson Pools. He landed within his territory at Necedah NWR, Wisconsin= at ~1614. At that time his mate, no. 3-03, was on the ground 2.5 miles= to the east. At 1624 no. 16-02 took flight, calling incessantly. His l= eft leg (leg with transmitter) was dangling and obviously injured. He p= roceeded southward and landed again and roosted within a couple of mile= s of his old mate. How's that for pathfinding!! Florida to Tennessee = to Todd County, Minnesota and back to his traditional pool on the refug= e.</font><br> <br> <font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman">No. 16-02 had last been repor= ted near Molly Creek, south of Swanville, Todd County, central Minnesot= a, on 12 April. His mate, no. 3-03, had arrived alone on their territor= y on Necedah NWR on the same date. This breeding pair had formed during= spring 2005. </font><br> <br> <font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman">Information from Richard Urba= nek, crane biologist forwarded by Bob Russell, USFWS</font><br> <br> </body></html>= --0__=09BBFBC5DFD8F1358f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFBC5DFD8F135--
