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John McCracken and I were among the 17 to receive Master of Fine Arts degrees at California College of Arts and Crafts that Spring. John became one of the leading minimalists of the 70's and 80's. This work is in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
1931 George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge on U.S. Hwy 60 over the Tennessee River on the Livingston County-McCracken County line, Kentucky.
© Lela Bouse-McCracken
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Scenario: When we arrived there were three Whooping Cranes resting, preening & feeding in the bay. Within 30 minutes or so, two more arrived on the scene. Suffice it to say, one of the dominant original Whoopers was not too happy about the new guests. Before another hour passed, four more arrived bringing the total to N.I.N.E. What a day! :-)
LARGE is a little more interesting.
"The Aransas/Wood Buffalo flock is the only naturally occurring wild migratory population of Whooping cranes in the whole world, and this entire flock was down to only 15 birds in 1941. That means every one alive today is a descendant of those 15. Every whooper alive today either hatched at the Canadian nesting grounds OR is a descendant of a whooper that hatched there." -Tom Stehn
2010-2011 winter flock size: 283 (NEW RECORD!!)