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1. NATURE: Flight School

   Learn about Operation Migration, which is an artificial breeding program that helps prepare whooping crane chicks for adulthood. You can find out about imprinting, see some cool pictures, and lots more on this companion site to the PBS show.

   http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/flightschool/

   
   

2. Operation Migration

   Find out about this organization that is working to preserve ecosystems and migration routes. See photos and video clips and learn all about Sandhill Cranes, Whooping Cranes, and Canadian Geese.

   http://www.operationmigration.org/

   
   

3. Sierra Club: Whooping Crane

   Follow in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark to learn what has happened to the whooping crane population over the past 150 years and how to save this endangered species.

   http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/species/whoopin...

   
   

4. WetNet: Whooping Crane

   Photo and page of facts for this long-necked bird.

   http://www.glo.state.tx.us/res_mgmt/wetnet/species/cran...

   
   

5. Whooping Crane

   Facts and photos from the Canadian Wildlife Service.

   http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?pid=1&cid=7&id=79

   
   

6. Whooping Crane - Grus americana

   Brief information and drawing of this bird from the Canadian Museum of Wildlife.

   http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/whocrane.htm

   
   

7. Whooping Crane Hatching Countdown

   Follow the birth of a chick and find out why these birds are endangered. With cool facts and photos from the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

   http://whoopers.usgs.gov/

   
   

8. Whooping Cranes

   Read about the behavior, diet, physical characteristics, and conservation status of this endangered animal.

   http://www3.gov.ab.ca/srd/fw/threatsp/wcra_stat.html

   
   

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