Drought threatens only surviving whooping cranes

Courtesy Outdoor Recreation News  Mon, 01/09/2012 - 02:52

Raising its slim, white neck out of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, one of the world's last surviving whooping cranes hungrily searches a Texas marsh for the blue crabs and berries it devours during its annual migration to the Gulf Coast.


 

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