‘An Operation Migration pilot guiding whooping cranes to their winter nesting grounds. The group is one of several trying to bring the birds back to eastern North America.’
IHT, Orchestrating the comeback of the whooping crane:
“For the past eight years, Operation Migration has been one of several organizations collectively trying to bring whooping cranes back to the eastern part of the North American continent. The whooping crane is reclusive and headstrong – it demands a square mile, or two and a half square kilometers, around its nest to itself – and consequently was one of the first birds to suffer as humans crowded into their space.
Re-establishing the species presents a challenge: How can humans intervene to breed and teach the birds what they will need to survive without also wearing away those birds’ natural apprehension of people? One way is to do it in disguise.”
Website: Whooping Crane Reintroduction – Operation Migration
