Whooping Crane - Grus Americana, Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, East Waupun, WI. MAY 15, 2025
Imagine my surprise, when I came across this Whooping Crane in the Horicon Marsh. This crane was nearly extinct, but serious efforts have brought this grand bird back to endangered status. The Eastern Migratory Population of Whooping Cranes was reestablished in Wisconsin around 2001, and now has a migratory population of around 80 individual birds. This was my first time seeing and being able to photograph Wisconsin's tallest bird and hopefully not the last.
Whooping Crane
Grus americana
HNWR
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
East Waupun, WI.
May 15, 2025
Whooping Crane - Grus Americana, Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, East Waupun, WI. MAY 15, 2025
Imagine my surprise, when I came across this Whooping Crane in the Horicon Marsh. This crane was nearly extinct, but serious efforts have brought this grand bird back to endangered status. The Eastern Migratory Population of Whooping Cranes was reestablished in Wisconsin around 2001, and now has a migratory population of around 80 individual birds. This was my first time seeing and being able to photograph Wisconsin's tallest bird and hopefully not the last.
Whooping Crane
Grus americana
HNWR
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
East Waupun, WI.
May 15, 2025