How to Use whooping crane in a Sentence

whooping crane

noun
  • But the penalties levied on those who shoot whooping cranes tend to be far lower.
    — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2019
  • So far the good news is that no whooping crane has died from or been detected with the virus.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
  • One of the easiest ways to identify a whooping crane is by its height.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
  • Wampanoag is the 394th whooping crane raised or housed at ICF.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2021
  • Shooting a whooping crane, even accidentally, can come at a cost to hunters, in fines or even jail time.
    — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Return in the morning and listen as a mated pair of whooping cranes standing in the salt marsh call to each other.
    — Jody Schmal and Mizanur Rahman, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2018
  • These scientists set out to answer these questions by studying the life history of the whooping crane.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The unprecedented fledging of a wild whooping crane at Horicon was decades in the making.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Young said there’s one whooping crane that tends to frequent the fields near the observation building, but the others tend to spread out all over the refuge.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Tex, a female whooping crane at the San Antonio Zoo, was part of the trouble.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The whooping crane, or Grus americana, is one of the rarest birds in North America.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2022
  • Standing around five feet tall, the whooping crane is the tallest bird in North America, and one of the most endangered.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 24 Dec. 2019
  • White Oak has previously bred sandhill cranes but never whooping cranes, Shurter said.
    — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 9 May 2018
  • To initiate mating, whooping cranes perform a marvellous dance, complete with head bobs, high jumps, and pirouettes.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The recent hatching of a whooping crane chick at the Dallas Zoo is a big deal for conservation efforts.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 11 July 2023
  • Bryce, the wayward, injured and trouble-maker of a whooping crane, died at the Louisville Zoo on Wednesday.
    — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Last November, a whooping crane was killed in Jefferson Davis Parish.
    — Sara Sneath | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • For the whooping crane, an endangered species struggling to increase its numbers, each individual added to the flock is critical.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The state's whooping crane team is hoping W13-20 will become part of the long-term success of the recovery program.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Many others, such as the California condor, the grizzly bear and the whooping crane, have seen remarkable recovery progress.
    — Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
  • Humans can continue to assist this charismatic species as well as its endangered relative, the whooping crane, through our actions and policies.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2022
  • In a southwest Louisiana crawfish pond, two endangered whooping crane chicks peck about for crawfish, insects, plants and other food.
    — Washington Post, 13 July 2018
  • Several wild whooping crane chicks were tested this year in Canada; all were negative, according to Hartup.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Since then, 100 whooping cranes raised in captivity have been released in Vermillion Parish.
    — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The first was in 1979 to allow construction on a dam on the Platte River in Wyoming, home to the whooping crane.
    — Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • By the time ornithologist Robert Porter Allen was born on this day in 1905, the whooping crane was already in trouble.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 24 Apr. 2017
  • There are, of course, manatees, as well as other local species, including the endangered Florida panther, red wolf, and whooping crane.
    — Ally Jaksen, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The eastern migratory population of whooping cranes is only around 100 birds.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2018
  • But the Kissimmee Prairie region of Central Florida proved to be a difficult place for whooping cranes to survive and hatch chicks.
    — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The whooping crane's habitat in North America stretches from Florida to Canada.
    — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 9 May 2018

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