Whooping Crane Festival

Join us for the 28th annual Whooping Crane Festival in Port Aransas, Texas, on Feb. 20-23! View the festival schedule and register here.

The International Crane Foundation is a festival sponsor, and we’d love to see you at events featuring our fantastically knowledgeable staff and friends. Below are a couple festival highlights.

Thursday, Feb. 20

Co-founder Dr. George Archibald – public lecture at the UTMSI Patton Center, 7 p.m. (Most Festival events are ticketed, but this one is FREE, no reservation needed. Seating is first come first served.)

Friday, Feb. 21

Chris Corpus (International Crane Foundation Board Member) – “Collaborations for Cranes: The Whooping Crane Center of Texas,” 9 a.m.

Stephanie Schmidt (Lead Outreach Biologist) – “Whooping Cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population,” 10:30 a.m.

Matti Bradshaw (Whooping Crane Biologist) – “Whooping Cranes and the Landscapes They Traverse,” 1 p.m.

Dr. George Archibald (Co-founder) – “My Life with Cranes” book signing, 1:30 p.m.

Dr. Carter Crouch (Director of Gulf Coast Programs North America) and Kevin McAbee (USFWS Whooping Crane Coordinator) – “Give a Whoop: Education and Prosecutions to Save a Species,” 4 p.m.

Michael Forsberg (International Crane Foundation friend) – “Into Whooperland: A Photographer’s Journey with Whooping Cranes,” 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 22

Katie Fernald (Rangeland/Wetland Ecologist), Stephanie Schmidt (Lead Outreach Biologist), and Paityn Bower (Outreach Biologist) – “Building Blocks of Crane Behavior” workshop, 12 p.m.

And don’t forget to stop by our exhibit and Migrating Gift Shop in the Trade Show at the Port Aransas Civic Center throughout the festival!