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VIDEO: Endangered cranes, other migratory birds confounded by Texas drought

Environment

Migratory birds, like the endangered whooping crane, are struggling because their typical wintering grounds are gripped by a drought that’s reduced their habitat and food supplies. But favorable conditions elsewhere may help them survive in places like Nebraska.

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Following Sandhill Cranes

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Sandhill Cranes Prepare for Liftoff

Helping Japan from Massachusetts

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Migration of Cranes

Farewell to the Flock of 2006

A tornado killed 17 endangered whooping cranes, but one got away.

EarthEar – “Platte Convergence”

Listen to the Nebraska feeding grounds of a flock of Sandhill Cranes. Recorded by Lang Elliot & Ted Mack.

Whooping Cranes

It’s not every day a pair of endangered whooping cranes sets up house in a suburban backyard. Host Steve Curwood talks with Gene Tindell about the cranes raising a chick just 50 yards from his back door.

Follow the Leader

Scientists flying ultra-light aircraft are leading endangered whooping cranes on a new migration route this fall. Host Steve Curwood talks with Operation Migration’s Joe Duff about how he’ll lead the birds from Wisconsin to Florida.

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Geo answer

Global Politics

Today’s Geo Quiz takes us to Nebraska’s Platte River where an estimated half a million Sandhill Cranes stop in his time of year along their annual migration route north. Alicia Hardin of Nebraska’s Game and Parks Commission speaks with anchor David Baron.