Katelyn Garrett, Indiana outreach assistant with the International Crane Foundation, is hosting a weekly morning hike in the 9,098-acre Goose Pond wildlife area to help people search for cranes and other birds.
Garrett said the groups usually tour one or two of the property's units, walking up and around the levee, looking and listening for any birds they can identify. The hope is to find a group of sandhill cranes or a smaller group of whooping cranes, which are slightly larger and bright white instead of gray like a sandhill.
Besides trying to find the birds and watch them from a safe distance, Garrett also shares information about cranes, the International Crane Foundation, as well as other birds and the management history of the Goose Pond area. Other birds that have been seen on previous hikes include waterfowl ― teals, mallards, tundra swans and Canada geese — as well as northern harriers and other hawks.
The migratory flock of whooping cranes that travels through Indiana is considered"experimental" since there are not enough birds to sustain the population without human intervention. Currently, there are 76 birds in the group known as the eastern migratory flock. There are about 800 whooping cranes throughout North America, including some in captivity.
Anyone who is close to birds near roads should stay in their vehicle instead of getting out, Garrett advised.
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