One Young Crane Survived Fla. Storms: ; Bird Apparently Escaped From the Pen and Was Found in Refuge
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By CAROL J. WILLIAMS  MIAMI - The fate of a generation of endangered migratory whooping cranes now rides on the fragile wings of a 10-month-old chick known as Number 15.
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Charley, Frances and Ivan. Three major hurricanes. Two assaults on Florida already and possibly a third by next week. Get used to it.
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By Kie Relyea, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb. 20--The mighty pen almost killed off the trumpeter swan.   North America's heaviest flying birds were hunted in the 1600s through 1800s because their largest flight feathers were considered ideal for quill pens.
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One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out &#151; if not already extinct &#151; with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said.
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By Kurt Loft, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 22--CAPE CANAVERAL -- The first day of summer in Florida delivered the expected storm clouds -- and a shower of disappointment -- as the shuttle Atlantis was forced to stay in orbit at least one more day.
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Big winds this week kicked up quite a sea in our region, where the fishing before the storm was fairly solid. Even with the cold front and all the rain, the ocean temperature has not cooled enough to drive the migrants out, and excellent fishing takes place in October, especially in southern waters.
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By Tom Venesky, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Feb. 24--CONYNGHAM TWP. -- It took only a glance for Barry Bloss to identify the large bird he saw soaring along the Susquehanna River late last year.
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By The Garden Path, Tim Elkner, Daina Savage  Editor's note: This gardening column is written by Daina Savage, Intelligencer Journal correspondent, and Tim Elkner, Lancaster County Horticulture extension agent.           Hurricane effect. Thank goodness for Ernesto residuals.
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An injured manatee and her calf, fitted with a satellite tracking and monitoring system, were released Tuesday in the Florida Keys more than a year after being rescued.
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MILWAUKEE - Wildlife researchers leading a flock of young whooping cranes south for the winter are warning people to stay out of their way after an apparently curious ultralight pilot disturbed the endangered birds.
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By James A. Carlson Associated Press  MILWAUKEE -- All 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida, a spokesman said.
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By Josh Hoke, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Jun. 22--One person nearly drowned this morning in the Intracoastal Waterway but was rescued and taken to the hospital.
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By Dee Dixon, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Sep. 25--The hurricane twisted off trees a few feet above the ground. Small buildings disappeared.   Merchandise from the neighborhood store was found two miles away.   The river turned black, killing all the fish.
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Crawfish in southern Louisiana appear to have recovered their numbers from the pounding the Gulf Coast took from Hurricane Rita.  The season is still early, the Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate reported.
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It's June, but I'm thinking of fall. And with good reason.  Last year's pheasant harvest was likely higher than in any year since the mid-1940s. The past winter was relatively mild, which should have meant fairly good carryover of birds.
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The fury of four hurricanes in Florida may have spared the state's endangered manatee population from further decline.
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The first bird case has been confirmed by the Pueblo County Health Department. Officials will now survey the area where the bird was found.