Friends of the Wild Whoopers

Whooping Cranes

Migration corridor map

Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta, Canada

Wood Buffalo National Park – Whooping Crane nest

Wood Buffalo National Park – Whooping Crane nest.

Whooping Crane chick

3 Whooping Cranes – Wood Buffalo NP

3 Whooping Cranes – Wood Buffalo NP

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

Migratio corridor map

• Whooping Crane Stopover Habitats on Fort Sill Army Base, Oklahoma

• Friends of the Wild Whoopers and Gulf Coast Bird Observatory personnel visited Fort Sill Army Base, Oklahoma on October 8, 2015 to assess potential “stopover habitats” for Whooping Cranes. The Whooping Crane Stopover Habitats project is a joint effort by the two conservation groups and is sanctioned by the Department of Defense Partners in Flight organization.

Fort Sill Army Base, OK Glen Wampler, Natural Resources and Enforcement Branch

Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma Raymond W. Moody, Natural Resource Biologist

Texas Army National Guard Camp Swift Brian Knapp, Wildlife Biologist, Texas Military Forces

Fort Hood U.S. Army Base, Texas Amber Dankert, EdD, Supervisor, Wildlife Management Team

Whooping Cranes Aransas NWR