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Rescue Flight
nytimes ^
| February 19, 2009
| JON MOOALLEM
Posted on 02/20/2009 6:11:31 PM PST by JoeProBono
In a bid to save the endangered whooping crane, biologists and self-taught conservationists are donning hooded costumes and taking to the skies to lead the birds on their annual migration.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: birds; whoopingcrane
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This Way Survival: An ultralight plane piloted by an Operation Migration team member guiding whooping cranes from Wisconsin to their winter nesting grounds in Florida.
Sort-of-Feathered Friends Beverly Paulan (left) and Heather Ray, like all Operation Migration workers, wear crane suits when contact with the flock is even remotely possible. The birds are shielded from human interaction at all times.
To: JoeProBono
If Sen. “Byrd” sees them he might sign up on the spot because of the apparel.
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02/20/2009 6:15:10 PM PST
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WildcatClan
(Iam fimus mos ledo ventus apparatus)
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02/20/2009 6:20:51 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Somehow I find those “crane suits” unpersuasive. If I saw those guys I’d expect them to be lighting a cross in someone’s front yard.
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02/20/2009 6:21:08 PM PST
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ottbmare
(Ein reich, ein volk, ein Obama!)
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02/20/2009 6:21:53 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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02/20/2009 6:23:06 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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02/20/2009 6:24:05 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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02/20/2009 6:25:35 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono; jazusamo; girlangler; sodpoodle
Good read. I read it fast but I didn't notice any mention of the hurricane (one or two years ago) that killed off the entire remnant population of whoopers in Florida. At the time, these whoopers didn't migrate -- they stayed put in Florida all year (as opposed to the Aransas, TX, birds that migrate to northern Canada every year).
I imagine that's what this work is about: getting these "new" Florida cranes accustomed to migration.
I hope they succeed. For many reasons, two viable populations is good wildlife management.
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02/20/2009 6:26:45 PM PST
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Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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02/20/2009 6:30:30 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Gorgeous picture—is it yours? But again, I don’t think those guys look too much like the bird in your photo. ;-)
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02/20/2009 6:31:18 PM PST
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ottbmare
(Ein reich, ein volk, ein Obama!)
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Hah!
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02/20/2009 6:32:39 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Don't you love that one-footed stance? They say they do it to conserve energy, but I'm not sold.
But they certainly are the very definition of elegant. Some day... sigh... I'll head to Aransas NWR in winter to add them to my life list.
Great shots. Thanks!
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02/20/2009 6:35:30 PM PST
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Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Flycatcher
Welcome!
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02/20/2009 6:38:22 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono; Flycatcher
Great pics and thanks for the ping, Fc.
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02/20/2009 6:38:38 PM PST
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jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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02/20/2009 6:41:58 PM PST
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JoeProBono
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