800 Whooping Cranes in North America...

                                                            U.S. Department of Agriculture photo by John Noll

My latest email of the December, 2019, issue of the Eastern Crane Bulletin tells me there is "...a total global Whooping Crane population of more than 800 birds".  The most whoopers (431 birds) show up in the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population which breeds in Canada and winters in Texas, another 163 birds in active reintroduced populations, and 201 birds held in captivity, for a total of 800 birds.  60-70 years ago the population was down to about two dozen.   May they continue to flourish.
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BarrytheBirder