Gaze through the marshes in the heart of the Canadian Wilds and you’re in for an incredibly rare sight—whooping cranes.
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Wild whooping cranes breed in Alberta’s Wood Buffalo National Park and the Northwest Territories.
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At nearly 1.5 M (five feet) tall, the whooping crane is North America's tallest bird!
Only hundreds of these graceful birds live in the wild. That might sound low, but it’s actually quite impressive. With help from conservation organizations, including the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, whooping cranes have recovered from an all-time low in the 1940’s, when the number of wild whooping cranes in the world dipped to only 21!
The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo’s Whooping Crane Recovery Program is proudly funded by ConocoPhillips Canada.
