Crane in 1941: 21 whooping cranes
[29] [crane-1-29] The taxonomy hero is Grus japonensis -- Kushiro, the Korean DMZ and Izumi. Other Grus species appear as compar A specimen label at a natural history museum records where and when, not which animal is more valuable. For Crane, write 1941, “21 whooping cranes,” and 21, and leave league tables off the card. He courtship-danced with a human-imprinted whooping crane named Tex so she w
The taxonomy hero is Grus japonensis -- Kushiro, the Korean DMZ and Izumi. Other Grus species appear as comparison, not as the page type. How close did whooping cranes come to zero? The Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock was about 21 birds in 1941. That nadir still defines US recovery graphs.
What did George Archibald do at ICF? A large share of the migratory island population winters on one Kyushu floodplain. Influenza years there are species-level events. Do cranes mate with a lifelong dance? Pairs are typically socially monogamous. The dance is pair-bond and territorial display, not a fairy-tale wedding.
Wintering red-crowned and white-naped cranes use the Civilian Control Zone. Peace-time development is a documented risk to that accidental reserve. Chicks imprint on humans and then fail to migrate or pair. Operation Migration ultralights (2001-2015) tried to teach a new flyway. Is the Hokkaido tancho a separate species?
The order on the card is year, line, figure. Crane is not sorted by how much visitors like the photo.1941
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1941
- Figure to keep
- 21
- Species
- Crane
- Line in the log
- 21 whooping cranes
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