We have to go back to the Ace Basin

[sparkl]

The Whooping Cranes are back. Hopefully, they won't get shot like 3 of them last year.
Anyway, here's the newspaper article from The Post and Courier:


http://www.thestate.com/2011/02/07/1682592/whooping-cranes-return-to-the.html

I think we would need to be really, really quiet and not try to get close, but
a 500mm would probably work?

[mrsisu]

I can't wait to go back and hope to see the whooping cranes - its always iffy I guess.

[davebmck]

What part of the season are they there? My wife and I are going mid March.

Dave.

[sparkl]

What part of the season are they there? My wife and I are going mid March.

Dave.

I don't know when they move on. Since we are having an early Spring,
they may not be there.
When you get there, ask a ranger...they should know.
Good luck!

[mrsisu]

Was there last Sunday ie 27 February and saw no whooping cranes but there were about 200 Tundra Swans on Mary's Pond. Wild shooting in the fog. I understand the swans are likely to move on very soon.

[davebmck]

Was there last Sunday ie 27 March and saw no whooping cranes but there were about 200 Tundra Swans on Mary's Pond. Wild shooting in the fog. I understand the swans are likely to move on very soon.

The wife and I will be there the week of March 12-19. Hope there are still some winter migrants there. I'll be sure to report back.