Alger W. Crane, not wild

[scott hickman]

I spoke with one of the researchers from the International
Crane Foundation who is involved with the Whooping Crane reintroduction
program.  As suspected, she verified that this bird is a part of that
program.  Therefore, this bird is not considered to be a "wild,
countable" bird according to Michigan Bird Record Committee or American
Birding Association standards.  

Bird's history:  This bird is a female that will turn four years old this spring. 
She became part of the crane reintroduction program before ultralight aircraft
were used to guide introduced Whooping Cranes during migration.  She
learned her migration route by joining older Whooping and Sandhill Cranes and
typically over-winters in Tennessee. 
She often prefers the company of Sandhill Cranes to Whooping Cranes, and was
last reported from northern Wisconsin
in mid- to late March.  Her leg bands contain transmitters which have
ceased working, so the researchers were happy to be informed of this bird's
location.  She has never been reported from a location this far north. Scott


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