Don't miss tomorrow evening's Queens County Bird Club/NY Zoom Presentation by Hillary Thompson, North America Program Crane Analyst for the International Crane Foundation "Reintroducing Endangered Whooping Cranes in North America" on Wednesday 5/17/23 at 7:30 PM Eastern Time. Hillary Thompson is the North America Program Crane Analyst for the International Crane Foundation. She leads the monitoring, captures, and field research of the Eastern Migratory Population of Whooping Cranes, which migrates from breeding areas in Wisconsin to wintering areas to the southeast. Hillary has been at the International Crane Foundation since 2012 and got her Master's in Wildlife Biology from Clemson University with her thesis research on habitat use of wintering Whooping Cranes.
Whooping Cranes are the rarest species of cranes in the world and are one of our greatest conservation success stories. From a low of only about 15 Whooping Cranes in the world in the 1940s, there are now over 600 Whooping Cranes in the wild, thanks to protections for cranes and wetlands as well as extensive reintroduction efforts. There have been four reintroductions of Whooping Cranes in the wild, two of which are ongoing. Come hear more about what it takes to raise Whooping Crane chicks in captivity, teach them to migrate, release them into the wild, and how we learn more about them once they are out on their own! Join Zoom Meeting. No registration required. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85795619622?pwd=a1RGNDBKOC8vSjYzNUV1ZUpWajBUdz09 Meeting ID: 857 9561 9622 Passcode: 369915 Marcia AbrahamsVP/Programs CoordinatorQueens County Bird Club/NYwww.qcbirdclub.orgEmail: marciaaabrah...@aol.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
