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Class of 2016

About this year’s Whooping Crane chicks: Twelve of this year’s 13 cranes were hatched and raised by adult cranes in a captive-breeding facility, where there was minimal human contact and… Continue reading Class of 2016

Class of 2014

Three release methods were used in 2014 – Ultralight-guided (Group One), Parent Reared (Group Two) and wild-hatched cranes are in Group Three. Group 1 – Ultralight-guided Whooping Cranes 2-14 3-14… Continue reading Class of 2014

Class of 2013

Three release methods were used in 2013 – Ultralight-guided (Group One), Direct Autumn Release (Group Two) and Parent Reared (PR). This is the first year that the Parent Reared release… Continue reading Class of 2013

Class of 2012

Two release methods were used in 2012: Ultralight-guided (Group One) and Direct Autumn Release (Group Two). Group Three includes any successfully fledged wild-hatched Whooping Cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population.… Continue reading Class of 2012

Class of 2011

Two release methods were used in 2011: Ultralight-guided (Group One) and Direct Autumn Release (Group Two). Group Three includes any successfully fledged wild-hatched Whooping Cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population.… Continue reading Class of 2011

Class of 2008

Two release methods were used in 2008: Ultralight-guided (Group One) and Direct Autumn Release (Group Two). All Whooping Cranes released in 2008 under the aircraft-guided method learned a migration route… Continue reading Class of 2008