Taken from aboard the Skimmer on Saturday Feb. 18, 2006.
NOTE: I noticed the date in my camera was off by a day??
An aerial census on 15 February, 2006 of the Aransas National Wildlife
Refuge and surrounding areas estimated the number of whooping cranes
present in the Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock at 189 adults + 27 young = 216
total. This total includes one whooping crane in extreme South Texas in
Hidalgo County, and one whooping crane last seen east of Pierre, South
Dakota on January 3rd. One adult and three juveniles have died this winter
at Aransas, accounting for a peak flock size of 190 + 30 = 220.