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The 3 adult Whooping Cranes that spent the late summer near the Rum Riv= er in southeastern Morrison County were last recorded on 7 October 2005. Assistance in tracking these cranes from Midwestern birders is requeste= d. Please report any sightings to crane biologist Richard Urbanek, U.S. Fi= sh and Wildlife Service, cell phone 612-804-0959, office# 608-565-6140. Although the birds do have radio collars and are color-banded, aerial surveys may not be available in the short term to track these 3 birds s= o your assistance is requested. Lots of white pelicans moving now so use= caution in IDing such birds in flight. Wood Buffalo--Aransas NWR birds= are also on the move with the first unconfirmed report of an early bird arriving at Aransas coming in this week. The recent heavy fall snows in= western North Dakota along their main route might cause these birds to = move further to the east. Bob Russell, USFWS, Ft. Snelling, MN.= --0__=09BBFA04DFCDB8E68f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFA04DFCDB8E6 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline <html><body> <p>The 3 adult Whooping Cranes that spent the late summer near the Rum = River in southeastern Morrison County were last recorded on 7 October 2= 005. Assistance in tracking these cranes from Midwestern birders is r= equested. Please report any sightings to crane biologist Richard Urban= ek, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, cell phone 612-804-0959, office# 60= 8-565-6140. Although the birds do have radio collars and are color-ba= nded, aerial surveys may not be available in the short term to track th= ese 3 birds so your assistance is requested. Lots of white pelicans mo= ving now so use caution in IDing such birds in flight. Wood Buffalo--A= ransas NWR birds are also on the move with the first unconfirmed report= of an early bird arriving at Aransas coming in this week. The recent h= eavy fall snows in western North Dakota along their main route might ca= use these birds to move further to the east. Bob Russell, USFWS, Ft. S= nelling, MN.</body></html>= --0__=09BBFA04DFCDB8E68f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFA04DFCDB8E6--
