[SBB] out of area: whooping cranes

["Chuq Von Rospach" <[[email protected]]>]

out of area, but I thought a number of you'd be interested:

 MILWAUKEE -- All 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led
south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second
migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida, a
spokesman said.

The cranes were being kept in an enclosure at the Chassahowitzka
National Wildlife Refuge near Crystal River, Fla., when violent storms
moved in Thursday night, said Joe Duff, co-founder of Operation
Migration, the organization coordinating the project.

"The birds were checked in late afternoon the day before, and they
were fine," he said Friday.

The area of the enclosure was unreachable by workers at night, and all
the birds were found dead, Duff said. He speculated that a strong
storm surge drew the tide in and overwhelmed the birds. The official
cause of the deaths was not immediately known, but he said it may have
been drowning.

http://www.birdchick.com/2007/02/gut-wrench-news-in-florida.html

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