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Aviculturists at the Audubon Species Survival Center in New Orleans, wearing crane costumes, round up four endangered Mississippi sandhill cranes and transport them from their current habitat, to the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge in Gautier, Miss.
By the Associated Press:
GAUTIER -- Dressed in white canvas bags, their faces hidden behind a double layer of heavy black plastic mesh, the biologists turned avian foster parents spoke in hushed voices.
"We don't want to spook the cranes," whispered Megan Savoie, crane project director at the Audubon Species Survival Center. Full Story
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Endangered Mississippi sandhill cranes stand in their temporary transitional habitat, to be later released into the wild.
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Biologists measure the wing of an endangered Mississippi sandhill crane.
Gerald Herbert / AP
Aviculturist Meg Zuercher takes an endangered Mississippi sandhill crane out of its crate with the help of Scott Hereford, a senior wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to introduce it to a temporary transitional habitat.
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What truly magnificent creatures these rare and beautiful birds are!!!! Kudos to all who give countless hours of their time and energy, in an attempt not only rescue & relocate this endangered species, but also to educate the public as well. As an animal lover and avid bird watcher/feeder...I salute you all. :)
Julie-NW, In.
P.S. I not only have "MANY" species and make my own suet cakes for the birds, but I'm on my 2nd generation of white squirrels (NOT ALBINO-they have dark eyes.) I've lived here all my live and never seen a white squirrel except in my yard...it's too cool!!!!!! ;D
BEST OF LUCK TO THE SANDHILL CRANES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Julie - would love to see pic's of you white squirrels!! How awesome. Are you in the a city or in the country?
spook em?...... hell they was laughing too hard to get away.
don't think i would want to put on a white sheet and run around new orleans and mississippi myself....just don't seam like a good idea for some reason....
roflmao!!!!! Very good point there scooter! :D
kkk only in a good way.
Hi Diane,
I'm in a rural area, but my house sets just off a hwy between south bend & michigan city indiana. So far I've had 2 white squirrels one came for about 2 1/2 years and vanished/died? I first spotted the current little guy this august (was like seeing a ghost...LOL!). I also have red-bellied woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers, titmice, nuthatches, chickadees, yellow rumped warblers, indigo buntings & humming birds etc... Makes doing dishs a lot less boring! :D
caw?buk bukok!
By the way.....Spotted owl tastes like Chicken!!!!
HA!
We must be doing something right, here in Central Florida, for the Sandhill Cranes. I've lived here, on and off, for about 45 years. I've seen many times more Sandhills in the last 10 years than I ever did in the previous 35 years. In particular, I see a lot of them wandering around the local college campus. Students don't seem to bother them at all and, there are a few around the middle school where I work. There must be a few hundred, at present, in the local area.