How do humans effect the migration of the whooping crane?
A. Humans have a long history of filling in and draining wetlands, which reduces the safe places where they may rest and feed. Long ago people shot at migrating cranes, and even now they are in danger because their fall migration may coincide with goose hunting season, and hunters sometimes forget that not all white birds with black wingtips are Snow Geese. Question From: Harrison County Schools-5 districts, IA mcates77@aol.com Q. You may have heard by now that there are 6 Whooping Cranes in a field between DeSoto Bend NWR and Missouri Valley, Iowa, and only 5 miles from my house! These birds have been here since Friday and apparently got blown off by the storm. How do they find their way back this far off course? Pam Cates A. Wow!! You sure are lucky to get to see them! How will they find their way? Birds have an amazing ability to recognize star patterns at night and to pay attention to the sun’s angle in the sky during day. Using their internal biological clock they can tell if the
