I am wondering if there have been any reports of whooping cranes in the MN-WI boarder area. We have a visitor who says on Sunday APRIL13 as he was walking along our railroad bed trail along the St. Croix River he saw a dark shadow and looked up to see 4 Whooping Cranes flying upstream. Here are his words.
"I looked up and saw four Whooping Cranes ridge soaring, slowly moving north. They played the air currents well for they hardly moved their wings.. The wind was perfect for soaring as two Turkey Vultures soon followed. The Cranes flew abreast most of the time. I could not believe my eyes for they are indeed rare! I have seen these at the refuge (Aransas) in Texas. And....I know they were not Tundra Swans, Pelicans or Trumpeter Swans." Have they been reported anywhere else? Jim Fitzpatrick Carpenter Nature Center -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080414/377fa5d8/attachment.html
