whooping crane reporting update

[Karen Cleveland]

The following is an update from the Operation Migration web site
( http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html ). The
data submitted via the online form mentioned in the update
( http://www.fws.gov/midwest/whoopingcrane/sightings/sightingform.cfm )
are shared with between the government agencies and conservation
organizations which are working together to conserve whooping
cranes. If you see any whooping cranes in Michigan, please report them
via this form to ensure that the sighting is received by the appropriate
people.

Thanks
Karen

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Date: April 24, 2008 
Subject: NEW!! WHOOPING CRANE SIGHTING REPORT FORM

At long last we are able to offer Craniacs, birders, and the general public 
a better way to report their sightings and assist us by providing helpful 
information.

Thanks to efforts by Joel Trick, (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, WI), Bill 
Brooks (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , FL), and Beth Kienbaum (Wisconsin 
Dept. of Natural Resources), a new website to receive Whooping crane 
sightings is up and running.

The new form on the site prompts the observer to enter the most critical 
information on their sighting, which will diminish, if not do away with the 
need for follow-up calls and emails, and there eliminate delays in checking 
on the birds and confirming the sighting.

If you live in the eastern flyway and its adjacent states, please check out 
the Sighting Reporting Form so you will be aware of what to take note of 
should you spot a Whooping crane(s). We will make the link to the Reporting 
Form a permanent feature here on the Field Journal page.

Please feel free to pass the Sighting Reporting Form link on to others, 
including birding organizations, so that as many folks as possible will be 
aware of where to report their observations of Whooping cranes.

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Karen T. Cleveland 
All-Bird Biologist
Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
PO Box 30444, Lansing, MI 48909
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr
clevelak at michigan.gov
517-241-4250
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