Whooping Crane, Grus americana
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![]() The central Florida Whooping Cranes are an introduced population which, it was hoped, might some day become self-sustaining. However the birds did not nest successfully and the population suffered high mortality, so introduction of further birds was discontinued. As reported in 2013, the population in the wild was down to less than twenty birds, which were still being studied. Note the radio transmitter on this bird's leg, seen close to the Joe Overstreet Road when I visited in Spring 2008. |
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