The Whooping Cranes are now in St. Marks. 10 young Whooping cranes landed in the St. Marks National Wildlife refuge Wednesday morning. The endangered birds were led there behind an ultralight airplane. They have been traveling since October. The birds flew from Wisconsin as part of a federal program called Operation Migration to rebuild the bird’s population.
Now that the birds are here they have a special three-acre pen with two ponds to provide protective habitat. There are sandbag and oyster shell reefs within the ponds to teach the cranes to sleep in the water to avoid predators.
10 other cranes which also made the trip are currently headed to a National Wildlife Refuge in central Florida.
Whooping Cranes are some of the most endangered birds in the world. In 1950 there were estimated to be only 16 whooping cranes remaining in the wild. Presently there are approximately 525 birds in existence.
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