Download or read book The Whooping Cranes of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge written by United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Whooping Cranes of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge written by United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Migration of Radio marked Whooping Cranes from the Aransas Wood Buffalo Population written by Marshall A. Howe and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the migration stopovers, breeding behavior, and survival rates of the endangered whooping cranes (Grus americana) between fall 1981-83 and spring 1983-84. Distribution pattern of radio-tracked birds observed to be greatly different from distributions derived from opportunistic sightings. observations carried out between Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, and central Saskatchewan.
Download or read book Whooping Crane written by Klaus Nigge and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 250 wild whooping cranes nest in northern Canada and winter in south Texas, flying 2,500 miles annually between these two distinct havens: the coastal marshes of the Gulf of Mexico and the boreal wilderness on the border of Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Through twists of good fortune, each of these terminal migratory places is protected from human encroachment—by a U.S. national wildlife refuge on the one hand and a Canadian national park on the other. This last remaining natural flock of the species, its numbers small but slowly increasing, has thus become known by the names of its sanctuaries: Aransas–Wood Buffalo. On the flock’s wintering grounds at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas, photographer Klaus Nigge has captured the daily activity of a single family over several weeks in two separate years, documenting their life in the salt marshes of the central Texas coast and, in one year, the happy arrival from the north of twin adolescents, itself an unusual event. Then, with the backing of National Geographic magazine, he received unprecedented permission from the Canadian government to photograph the cranes’ summer nesting sites in remote areas of Wood Buffalo National Park. To obtain these unique photographs, he sat in a cleverly constructed blind for six days and nights, watching as a chick hatched and the adults cared for their young. There he witnessed both the peace and the perils of the cranes’ summer haven. In three galleries, each containing portfolios of images of these magnificent birds in their natural habitat, Nigge captures the beauty and essential mystery that have led humans the world over to include cranes in their earliest myths and legends. Additionally, Nigge has written vignettes to accompany each of the portfolios. Krista Schlyer provides an introductory text that affords an overview of crane history. She chronicles the monumental efforts by humans to ensure the survival of the species and has added a profile of Nigge, outlining his extraordinary entry into the world of wild whooping cranes in order to acquire these breathtaking photographs.
Download or read book Habitat Use by Wintering Whooping Cranes on the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge written by Stephen E. Labuda and published by . This book was released on 1978* with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wintering Whooping Crane Behavior and Habitat Quality at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Gulf Coast written by Lindsey A. Tiegs and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aransas-Wood Buffalo population of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) exclusively overwinters in coastal saltmarshes of Texas. This study examined how Whooping Crane behavior and habitat quality shift over the course of a winter season, and attempted to discover linkages between their behavior and habitat quality, with the ultimate goal of finding a non-invasive method to infer habitat quality through behavioral observations. Whooping Crane behavioral observations and habitat assessments were conducted at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and at adjacent urban upland sites January-March of 2016 and 2017. Cranes visiting urban upland sites with game feeders spent significantly less time foraging, and more time resting and in comfort/maintenance activities than cranes observed in their natural saltmarsh territories. On average, birds observed in their saltmarsh territories sequentially spent more time foraging each month during both winters, which correlated to a decrease in the time spent resting each month in 2017. Adult cranes spent significantly more time on alert than juveniles both years. Intra-site variability significantly exceeded inter-site variability in marsh pond salinity, but not in Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) or Carolina Wolfberry (Lycium carolinianum) fruit density. Saltmarsh salinity and Blue Crab density dramatically changed throughout the two winters, which were both negatively correlated to mean sea level. Marsh water quality was variable across sites, with some mainland regions and islands possessing similar water quality traits. Whooping Crane time activity budgets were not similar across sites comparable in resource availability, nor did their behavior reflect shifts in pond salinity or Blue Crab density. Whooping Crane behavior also did not consistently correlate to time of day, observation distance, wind speed, air temperature, or mean sea level. To investigate which structural components make one saltmarsh territory more plentiful in Whooping Crane resources than another, future geospatial modeling of the microtopographic variations along the Aransas NWR could be paired with the food density and marsh pond salinity data from this study, to ultimately be applied in future land purchase, protection of existing lands, environmental easement, and restoration decisions. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2324
Download or read book Whooping Crane written by Susan H. Gray and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The whooping crane is a unique bird found only in North America and known for its whooping call great height for a bird. Readers will learn about the whooping crane's fight for survival as hunters killed them for their beautiful feathers and humans drained their wetland habitats to build houses.
Download or read book The Whooping Crane written by Jerome J. Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Whooping Cranes written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Threat to the Whooping Crane written by Susan Sales Harkins and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all about the tall, noisy whooping cranesee it dance, follow its flight path, and watch the stages as a chick hatches and grows into a cinnamon-colored juvenile and then into a stunning white bird with black wing tips and a red head. Why is this bird endangered? Devastating loss of habitat and overhunting of eggs and of adults for their skin in the 1800s made their numbers dwindle. By 1942, there were only sixteen whoopers still living in the wild. Now the whooping crane is making a comeback. In 2007, over 300 whooping cranes were migrating between Canada and Texas. Find out what scientists are doingand what you can doto help this endangered animal.
Download or read book The Effects of Burning and Grazing on Habitat Use by Whooping Cranes and Sandhill Cranes on the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Texas written by Howard Emery Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Whooping Crane written by Alison Imbriaco and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The whooping crane, the tallest bird in North America, has declined drastically as its wetland habitat has disappeared. This title takes a look at whoopers and the ingenious efforts undertaken to save them. It also offers ways in which all of us can help save this endangered species.
Download or read book Whooping Cranes written by Kevin Cunningham and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers. This book was released on 2024-08-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The whooping crane is one of North America’s rarest (and tallest) birds. Human activity once left less than 20 whoopers alive. Scientists and nature groups now work to save the species. Whooping Cranes draws on up-to-date science. Stories and next level facts explain the bird’s life and diet. The book also details the ways people help—and harm—the species. This book in the Animals in Danger series takes readers inside the whooping crane’s world. Clear text and beautiful images provide what you need to know. Added features like maps and a glossary round out your knowledge.
Download or read book Return of the Whooping Crane written by Robin W. Doughty and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the first since the 1960s to draw together all current knowledge about whooping crane biology and conservation. Doughty provides full information on the wild flock the migrates between Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada and Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Gulf coast.
Download or read book The Whooping Crane written by Bonnie B. Graves and published by Covercraft. This book was released on 1997 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A whooping crane is an endangered species. Do you know what that is?" asked the man.
Download or read book Aerial Radio tracking of Whooping Cranes Migrating Between Wood Buffalo National Park and Aransas National Wildlife Refuge 1981 84 written by Ernie Kuyt and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1981 to 1984, Whooping Cranes Grus americana migrating between their summer range in and near Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada and their winter range on and near the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in the United States were studied by means of radiotelemetry. Objectives of the aerial study included a precise determination of migration routes, duration of occupancy and location of stopover sites, and documentation of migrating crane behavior and mortality.
Download or read book A Birder s Guide to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge written by Barry A. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
