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Duck Butter 04-16-2014 08:33 AM

Whooping Crane Eggs
 
http://wlf.louisiana.gov/news/37592

Spunt Drag's favorite birds:rotfl:


(April 15, 2014) – The foremost crane experts in North America heard encouraging news for Louisiana’s experimental whooping crane population when news of eggs produced by a mating pair was announced at the 13th North American Crane Workshop in Lafayette, La.

“I am proud today to announce to you that our small population of whooping cranes is adjusting well to life in the wild and a mating pair has produced eggs in the wild for the first time in over 70 years on the Louisiana landscape,” said Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Secretary Robert Barham. “Our biologist team and partners including the International Crane Foundation, the Louisiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, the U.S. Geological Survey’s Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation and project funding donors have all made this moment possible.”

Barham and Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne welcomed the workshop group on Tuesday morning at Hotel Acadiana.

“Thanks to the completion of our state birding guide—published through my office in partnership with the American Birding Association and the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area -- Louisiana has become a strong competitor for birding-related tourism,” said Dardenne. “Similarly, conservation efforts such as the reintroduction of the whooping crane to Louisiana since 2011 are positive steps toward ecotourism in our state.”

The state whooping crane reintroduction project began with the release of an initial cohort of juvenile cranes in 2011 at White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in Vermilion Parish. The single nest with eggs, on the northern end of the Cajun prairie, remains under observation by project biologists.

Super Spook 04-16-2014 08:50 AM

I was wondering when you were going to post it.

fishfighter 04-16-2014 08:52 AM

haha
 
wonder how much that omelette would cost:eek::grinpimp::grinpimp::eek:

Top Dawg 04-16-2014 09:09 AM

I wish a coon would eat em

meaux fishing 04-16-2014 09:21 AM

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bgizzle 04-16-2014 09:29 AM

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They make some god awful racket! 3 stay by our farm and they make some racket when they feel like it! No wonder they almost extinct they prolly pissed a lot of ppl off.


"Go ahead, share your opinion! I won't cry"

meaux fishing 04-16-2014 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by bgizzle (Post 681658)
They make some god awful racket! 3 stay by our farm and they make some racket when they feel like it! No wonder they almost extinct they prolly pissed a lot of ppl off.


"Go ahead, share your opinion! I won't cry"

Im surprised these four didnt get killed...they used to hang out where we hunt in Ville Platte. Pretty much anything with wings gets made into a gravy in that area

bgizzle 04-16-2014 09:31 AM

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bgizzle 04-16-2014 09:32 AM

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duckman1911 04-16-2014 10:09 AM

Im thinking a jalepeno sausage and cheese omlet.

"W" 04-16-2014 02:44 PM

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Montauk17 04-16-2014 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by "W" (Post 681759)

Is he or she related to Samuel L Jackson? :rotfl:

fishfighter 04-16-2014 03:59 PM

haha
 
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every time i hear whooping crane i hear it in hank hill's voice

Smalls 04-16-2014 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by fishfighter (Post 681774)
every time i hear whooping crane i hear it in hank hill's voice

Lmao! That's a whoopin Crane!

I Always think of that line.

DVM 04-17-2014 09:27 AM

Glad to see a success story for this species and the efforts of the people who worked on this project. Louisiana has something to be proud of.

noodle creek 05-05-2014 09:43 AM

Heard on the news today that biologists said eggs aren't going to hatch.

Ratdog 05-05-2014 11:04 AM

Sadness .

How long next year tell new batch?

3FLa 05-05-2014 11:40 AM

Correct-I think
 
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Originally Posted by noodle creek (Post 687185)
Heard on the news today that biologists said eggs aren't going to hatch.

Years ago, my daughter and I went to special on whooping cranes at the zoo in New Orleans. The biologist speaking suggested that juvenile pairs will have eggs, but will not fertilize them until age of five years old. But did offer the fact that it is great news for juveniles to actually nest eggs, because the pair will continue doing it for years to come.

I really forgot why this happens.

Spunt Drag 05-05-2014 02:13 PM

So fuggin stupid

Top Dawg 05-05-2014 02:39 PM

Were tryin to save a species that can't even hatch their own eggs.


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