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What do the numbers in the cranes’ identifiers mean, such as L7-11? The “L” stands for the Louisiana population. If a “W” follows, this means the crane hatched in the wild. The number after the “L” represents the order in which the crane hatched. The last two numbers are the year they hatched, in this case, 2011.

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Whooping Cranes 31-16 and W2-21 prepare for fall migration in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, in early September 2022.

Below is the most recent update for the Eastern Migratory Population of Whooping Cranes. In the last month, cranes have mostly stayed on their territories. A huge thank you to the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Departments of Natural Resources of flyway states, the International Crane Foundation and all the volunteers who help us keep track of the cranes throughout the year. We appreciate your contribution to the recovery of the Whooping Crane Eastern Migratory Population. This report was produced by the International Crane Foundation.

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A dead Grey Crowned Crane lies below a transmission line in southwest Uganda.

A sudden movement causes a Grey Crowned Crane pair to flush, leaping upwards until one of the cranes unknowingly collides with a powerline near their roost site. The bird later is found below the line with a wing injury or is killed immediately from the impact or electrocution.

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Since 2014, European zoos, particularly Brno Zoo and the Environmental Educational Centre of the Czech Republic, have cooperated with the Station for the Reintroduction of Rare Bird Species at the Khingansky State Nature Reserve in Far East Russia to return Red-crowned and White-naped Cranes to the wild.

The combined wild populations of two iconic Asian crane species – the Endangered Red-crowned Crane and Vulnerable White-naped Crane – are less than 10,000 birds. Because of the precarious situation of these wild populations, the world’s zoos have established conservation populations for both species. Within the European Association of Zoological Gardens and Aquaria (EAZA), both species fall into the Ex-situ Programme (EEP), formerly known as the European Endangered Species Programme, which establishes population management programs for selected species. One of the Program’s goals is to have a large enough captive population, if necessary, to return birds to the wild.

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Crane Conservation Department animal record-keeping system gets an upgrade

With support from an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, our Crane Conservation Department recently completed a data migration of their animal record-keeping system from an aging custom-built database to ZIMS – Zoological Information Management System, a web-based database program managed by Species360.