Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

News in Aransas NWR

Whooping crane tours in full swing

January 4, 2010, 4:51 pm
Whooping crane watching tours at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge are in full swing and most of the cranes have migrated from the Canada. With 22 juveniles spotted nesting, the flock, which is the only naturally occurring whooping crane population in the world, is expected to maintain its number around ...

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Fewer whooping cranes expected in Texas

November 17, 2009, 3:43 pm
As the first of the area's beloved, endangered whooping cranes make their annual descent into the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, it's likely there will be fewer of the tourist draws to whoop and holler over. The flock is the only naturally occurring whooping crane population in the world. Every fall it migrates south to the ...

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