She said the foundation just released two yearlings that were raised at the Calgary zoo but couldn’t be sent to Wisconsin last year because of COVID-19 precautions. Two of the 14 or 15 birds hatched in Wisconsin’s wilds this year will survive to fledging, and a third, which broke a wing, is being kept for captive breeding, Lacy said. The Louisiana and Wisconsin-Florida flocks are being nurtured in hope of creating a cushion in case anything happens to the natural flock. Biologists estimate there were more than 10,000 before habitat loss and overhunting nearly killed them off. That’s important because every crane alive is descended from 15 that lived in Texas in 1941. Three males and three females raised at the Audubon Nature Institute’s species survival center in New Orleans will join them in November, said assistant curator Richard Dunn.Ī fourth female will remain at Audubon for breeding to be sure her good genes meet up with a good match, Dunn said. Louisiana’s flock now totals 76, said a news release from Wildlife and Fisheries. About 80 are in the Wisconsin-Florida flock, nearly 140 in captivity and seven in an introduced flock that failed in Florida. About 500 are in the only natural flock, which winters in Texas and breeds in Alberta, Canada. Only about 800 “whoopers” exist, according to the crane foundation. The brown-and-white juveniles which survive to adulthood will be white with red caps and black mustaches and wingtips, and about 5 feet tall. That also was Louisiana’s previous record wild fledgling year, at five. The previous record was set in 2018, when six wild-hatched birds fledged in the flock that was taught to migrate between Wisconsin and Florida by following ultralight aircraft, Louisiana wildlilfe biologist Sara Zimorski said in an email. We’re absolutely thrilled that the Louisiana program has done so phenomenally well,” said Anne Lacy, senior manager for North America programs at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wis. It’s not a state record for just fledglings of the world’s rarest crane, but one for any flock reintroduced to the wild to help save the endangered birds, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said Thursday. Results may vary depending on individual user’s selfie skills, phone model, or lighting condition.NEW ORLEANS - A record eight whooping crane chicks have taken wing in Louisiana after hatching in the wild. Any image shown on the merchandising or websites is for illustration purposes only. Pictured model is not one of the selfies taken as part of the study, and not an exact representation of actual product application. ‘Flawless’ or ‘perfect’ represents one’s self-assessment of the picture having all the desired qualities. ‘Flashback’ occurs when white particles in face makeup reflect light released by flash photography, creating a white cast in photos eliminating these particles combats that flashback. The majority of study participants said that the resulting picture was ‘no flashback’ or ‘flawless’ or ‘perfect’. GOODBYE PHOTO FLASHBACK: Tested Under several light conditions and with top smartphone models.Ī panel of women were tested in a controlled environment simulating seven different lighting scenarios, with professionally-applied concealer, foundation and/or powder, and took their own selfies with top smartphones.
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