I think they were on the West side of Minot this morning. They were a ways away but I could see the black wingtips and there were 7 of them. My second sighting.

A large bird rehab and breeding center in Scotland Neck, NC has one I think. I visited once and saw a hen turkey outside its pen. That crane sure was pretty to that turkey.

When I was a Jr in HS, '65/66, my lab partner couldn't keep his mouth shut and had to do a running report on the Whooping Crane situation. They were nearly extinct at the time, due to over hunting and habitat destruction.. Google it.

Well nimzy sure glad those ones got removed from the gene pool in wisc.
Years back always like watching the motorized small planes take off with them and fly them down to Florida and the up-dates.
when I was in the marsh today there was 8 pair of Sandhills all dancing and on territory, sure glad they have come back because they draw in the migrators in the fall.

Had this on here before but never get tired of it. One of the wife's pictures. Mike

I worked for one of these evil rich Republican guys that did alot for the international crane foundation.

He used his private jet to fly crane and trumpeter swan eggs. We made special incubators that would work in his jet while transported.

I'll bet he spent in the hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars of his own money to help these endangered animals.

Money that the International Crane Foundation didn't have.

https://www.savingcranes.org/a-tribute-to-terry-and-mary-kohler/

Lucky dog! Nice Mark. I have only seen them once on the central Platte river. The sounds they make are even more impressive than their looks!