Whooping Crane
Grus americana
Family: Cranes
Whooping Crane is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
Did you know
Only the red-crowned crane may have a more carnivorous diet among living cranes.
The parents often feed the young for 6–8 months after birth and the terminus of the offspring-parent relationship occurs after about 1 year.
Drought conditions in 2011 exposed much of the lake bed, creating ample feeding grounds for these cranes just as they were taking their autumn migration through Texas.