February, 2009 Whooping Cranes

Thanks to"Joe", a nice man we met at the birding center,we saw this pair of beautiful Whooping Cranes much closer than the last post of them. Texas has gotten virtually no rain for several months the blue crab are not plentiful and that is the cranes favorite food. The cranes will eat grain and this pair have taken over a couple of deer feeders located on Highway 35 north of Rockport...We have made three trips there and saw them twice....definitely our treat.

Amazing wing span of up to 8 feet....