Whooping Crane (Grus americana)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="041a11c3.png"> <div> There were fewer than 20 whooping cranes living in the late 1930s. The population in 2025 had increased to over 500 birds. This one was photographed in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in February of 2025. The crane is feeding on a blue crab, an important part of the diet of these endangered birds.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="American Toad (Bufo americanus)"><U>Previous</U></A> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)"><U>Next</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Photography"><U>Back to thumbnails</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Clay Coleman</B></FONT>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Arial" >|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clay Coleman"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> <IMG SRC="040f4010.png" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Whooping Crane (Grus americana)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1fffbc300.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="560" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>