Join our Indiana outreach staff for a guided walk at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area in Linton this winter! We will meet participants at the Goose Pond visitor center at 8 a.m. each Wednesday through February 8, 2023. The tour will last one to two hours, and pre-registration is not required. Participants will tour… Continue reading Whooping Crane Wednesdays at Goose Pond
The Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory is hosting our Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator for the one-hour webinar "Cranes Over Wisconsin" on February 8 at 7 p.m. Click here to register.
Meet our outreach staff and learn about the Wheeler Refuge's Sandhill and Whooping Cranes on Fridays from December through mid-February 2023!
Join our Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator Irvin Louque and Whooping Crane Outreach Program Assistant Madi Radford, for our February 16 webinar, The Louisiana Whooping Crane Reintroduction – Conservation Meets Culture. Irvin and Madi will discuss the Louisiana Non-migratory Population’s history and present status, issues with illegal shootings, and what we are doing to learn more about… Continue reading From the Field Webinar – The Louisiana Whooping Crane Reintroduction Conservation Meets Culture
Join our Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator for a one-hour program on Whooping Cranes for middle schoolers through adults. This virtual program will be accessible here and will be live from 10 to 11 a.m. Central Time.
Don't miss the 26th Whooping Crane Festival in Port Aransas, Texas February 23 to 26! The four-day event will feature renowned speakers, birding trips, boating trips, nature tours, photography workshops, a trade show and much more. AND don't miss presentations by our Director of Gulf Coast Programs Dr. Carter Crouch, Senior Manager - North America Program Anne… Continue reading Whooping Crane Festival
Join our Whooping Crane Outreach staff on February 24 at Monroe Lake State Park in Bloomington, Indiana, to learn about the role of cranes in cultures throughout the world. The program will include a short PowerPoint presentation and an origami crane workshop. All supplies will be provided for attendees to create origami crane chains. Click… Continue reading Cranes in Culture Presentation
The annual Marsh Madness Sandhill (and Whooping!) Crane Festival kickoff is Friday, February 25, with a dinner and auction at the Linton Elks Club in Linton, Indiana. Saturday's activities include maps for self-guided driving tours, a nature scavenger hunt with prizes, a Whooping Crane presentation by our staff (12:30 p.m.) and much more. Learn more… Continue reading Marsh Madness Sandhill Crane Festival
Join Stephanie Schmidt, Whooping Crane Outreach Coordinator for the International Crane Foundation, to learn about the cranes of Minnesota during this virtual presentation with the West Metro Audubon Society.
Join our staff at the Madison Reads Leopold event at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum from 1 to 4 p.m. on March 14. We will have a table with artifacts, information and handouts about Wisconsin's cranes for attendees to learn more about Sandhill Cranes, the star of Aldo Leopold's Marshland Elegy, and their close relative… Continue reading Madison Reads Leopold
Join our colleague Dr. Hongxing Jiang, Deputy Director and Associate Researcher of the National Bird Banding Center of China, for the March 16 webinar, Working Together for a Bright Future for Siberian Cranes. Hongxing will share stories of his work, including what we have learned through tracking and research on the Critically Endangered Siberian Crane,… Continue reading From the Field Webinar – Working Together for a Bright Future for Siberian Cranes
Learn about cranes at the Indianapolis Zoo's xZOOberance Spring Festival on March 24, 31 and April 7 from 12 to 4 p.m.
