Remembered these photos while looking through some old folders. According to the Cornell Lab, the total population of Whooping Cranes is 600. There were only 21 in 1941. This adult (right) and juvenile were photographed in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Corpus Christi, Texas. This is only self-sustaining population of Whooping Cranes in existence and numbers about 440 birds. They breed in the Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories and Alberta in Canada, migrating to the refuge in Texas for the winter.
Another adult flying near Aransas NWR.
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