La. whooping crane population adds record 8 wild hatched chicks

A whooping crane cares for its chick, hatched during the 2022 nesting season in Louisiana.
The 2022 breeding season was a big success for Louisiana’s experimental whooping crane project as eight wild hatched chicks have fledged and been added to the Louisiana population. The eight chicks are the most in a single breeding season since the project was initiated by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) in 2011. A total of 15 whooping crane chicks hatched this year with…

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