Please see my standalone comment below re Cranes at beginning, with a bit in brackets at the end about Condors. Maybe you can answer my question. Thankyou.
I'm fortunate to see one or two a year as they stop by the Hiwassee refuge on their way south. Sometimes they hang around the area with the Sandhills for the winter.
Interesting! Thanks for the information. Little is said about this majestic breed anymore. How sad. In my lifetime they have gone from a score on the entire planet, to what you report being 600, most hopeful news indeed.
I was lucky enough to see one @Necedah about 5 years ago, they are beautiful birds. How is the population doing in Wi?, I know at that time the black flys were a big problem.
i recently saw a pair in woodworth Louisiana. i have spent many hours in the outdoors of Louisiana and this was my first time seeing whooping cranes in the wild. very awesome.
Oh my, I never knew they were in such low numbers. Really glad to hear the numbers have increased, hopefully it will continue. Thank you Ryan!! Wonderful & informative video!! 🌟🇺🇸
Fascinating! What a lot of dedicated work the conservationists and others did to save these birds. 3 cheers for them. Its another breed I've never heard of and now I've seen them, I can't wait to know more. They are beautiful. (As in comment above, I understand Condors are in trouble? I watched a whole documentary series about them decades ago here in UK, a book accompanied the series called 'The Flight Of The Condor' which I still have. I fell in love with them then and the extraordinarily beautiful habitat in the Andes. Are they really badly endangered?)
They were actually extinct in the wild when all of the remaining birds were captured for a breeding program. Over the years they have grown in numbers to over 200 in the wild with some of them naturally reproducing. They are still in trouble but their populations are growing
@@BadgerlandBirding Good grief! That was a close shave! I had no idea. Thank goodness for the captive breeding programmes. They are magnificent animals and so graceful when they just hang on thermals for ages. Thanks so much for your reply and info. 👍🙂
Not sure when each was updated but Cornell says about 600. “…and all 600 of today’s Whooping Cranes (about 440 in the wild and 160 in captivity) are descended from the small flock that breeds in Texas.”
