--0__=09BBE5FADFF7961A8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBE5FADFF7961A Content-type: multipart/alternative; Boundary="1__=09BBE5FADFF7961A8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBE5FADFF7961A"
--1__=09BBE5FADFF7961A8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBE5FADFF7961A Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 = = The last Necedah NWR whooping cranes left Wisconsin this weekend and h= eaded south so Minnesota birders can relax--any remaining big white birds with black = wing tips are now either geese or pelicans or wood storks. Here's an AP report that hit= the papers today. Many wild ones from the Wisconsin flock are moving or likely moving so= uthward today with birds in Indiana and Illinois and in states to the south and east of t= hose spots. = = Endangered Whooping Cranes Arrive in Fla. = = = = = = = CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. - Thirteen endangered whooping cranes landed safel= y at a west-central Florida wildlife refuge Sunday morning, finishing a 64-da= y, 1,200-mile journey from Wisconsin to their wintering grounds. = = = = = = = = = = Photo = AP Photo = = = = = = = = = = = = Following ultralight aircraft, the flock landed about 9:40 a.m. at the= Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, according to a recorded update line. They ha= d been held up in northern Florida for six days waiting for the right weather to complet= e the trip. = = The trip over seven states started Oct. 10 at Wisconsin's Necedah Nati= onal Wildlife Refuge. = = = The planes are escorting the endangered cranes, which were raised in c= aptivity, to teach them how to migrate. The flock is the fourth to learn the route, thank= s to the Canadian nonprofit group Operation Migration. = = = The cranes, born at different times in May, will be monitored by biolo= gists over the winter and tracked next spring when they return to Wisconsin unaided. = = = On Friday, one of the cranes was euthanized at a Gainesville medical f= acility after it was found to be suffering from parasitic and bacterial infections. = = = At five feet tall, whooping cranes are North America's tallest birds. = They also are among the world's rarest, with only about 400 left. The whooping crane= was near extinction in 1941, with only about 20 (sic 14) left. Bob Russell, US = Fish and Wildlife Service = = = = --1__=09BBE5FADFF7961A8f9e8a93df938690918c09BBE5FADFF7961A Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline <html><body><div align=3D"center"> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"> <tr valign=3D"top"><td width=3D"705"> <p><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><br> The last Necedah NWR whooping cranes left Wisconsin this weekend and he= aded south so Minnesota birders can relax--any remaining big white bird= s with black wing tips are now either geese or pelicans or wood storks.= Here's an AP report that hit the papers today. Many wild ones from t= he Wisconsin flock are moving or likely moving southward today with bir= ds in Indiana and Illinois and in states to the south and east of those= spots.</font><br> <br> <table width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0">= <tr valign=3D"top"><td width=3D"100%"><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times Ne= w Roman">Endangered Whooping Cranes Arrive in Fla. </font> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"> <tr valign=3D"top"><td width=3D"183" valign=3D"middle"><img src=3D"cid:= 10__=3d09bbe5fadff7961a8f9e8a93df938...@fws.gov" border=3D"0" height=3D= "1" width=3D"1" alt=3D""></td><td width=3D"229" valign=3D"middle"><img = src=3D"cid:10__=3D09BBE5FADFF7961A8f9e8a93df938690@fws.gov" border=3D"0= " height=3D"1" width=3D"1" alt=3D""></td></tr> </table> <font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman">CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. - </font>= <font face=3D"Arial">Thirteen endangered whooping cranes landed safely = at a west-central Florida wildlife refuge Sunday morning, finishing a 6= 4-day, 1,200-mile journey from Wisconsin to their wintering grounds. </= font> <p><br> <font face=3D"Times New Roman"><br> </font> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"> <tr valign=3D"top"><td width=3D"96"><font face=3D"Times New Roman"><br>= </font> <table border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"> <tr valign=3D"top"><td width=3D"96"><div align=3D"center"><a href=3D"ht= tp://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=3DAh.PfMwY.kVXzkRew4tcHEhH2ocA;_ylu=3DX3oDMT= BvZ2cwbGZ2BF9zAzg5MDMyMzkEbHQDQ1BDBHNlYwNzdA--/SIG=3D12i9s5f2d/**http%3= a//story.news.yahoo.com/news%3ftmpl=3Dstory%26u=3D/041212/480/flsn10112= 122234" target=3D"_top"><img src=3D"cid:20__=3D09BBE5FADFF7961A8f9e8a93= df938...@fws.gov" width=3D"94" height=3D"129" alt=3D"Photo" border=3D"1= "></a><u><font size=3D"4" color=3D"#0000FF" face=3D"Times New Roman"><b= r> </font></u><a href=3D"http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=3DAr5Vxf7cg1f_Fa0J4v= NnORRH2ocA;_ylu=3DX3oDMTBvZ2cwbGZ2BF9zAzg5MDMyMzkEbHQDQ1BDBHNlYwNzdA--/= SIG=3D12i9s5f2d/**http%3a//story.news.yahoo.com/news%3ftmpl=3Dstory%26u= =3D/041212/480/flsn10112122234" target=3D"_top"><u><font size=3D"4" col= or=3D"#0000FF" face=3D"Times New Roman">AP Photo</font></u></a><font si= ze=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman"> </font></div></td></tr> </table> <br> <font face=3D"Times New Roman"><br> </font></td><td width=3D"12"><font size=3D"4" face=3D"Times New Roman">= =A0</font></td></tr> </table> <p><font face=3D"Arial">Following ultralight aircraft, the flock landed= about 9:40 a.m. at the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, accord= ing to a recorded update line. They had been held up in northern Florid= a for six days waiting for the right weather to complete the trip. </fo= nt> <p><font face=3D"Arial">The trip over seven states started Oct. 10 at W= isconsin's Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. </font> <p><font face=3D"Arial">The planes are escorting the endangered cranes,= which were raised in captivity, to teach them how to migrate. The floc= k is the fourth to learn the route, thanks to the Canadian nonprofit gr= oup Operation Migration. </font> <p><font face=3D"Arial">The cranes, born at different times in May, wil= l be monitored by biologists over the winter and tracked next spring wh= en they return to Wisconsin unaided. </font> <p><font face=3D"Arial">On Friday, one of the cranes was euthanized at = a Gainesville medical facility after it was found to be suffering from = parasitic and bacterial infections. </font> <p><font face=3D"Arial">At five feet tall, whooping cranes are North Am= erica's tallest birds. They also are among the world's rarest, with onl= y about 400 left. The whooping crane was near extinction in 1941, with = only about 20 (sic 14) left. 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