Minnesotans: If you are not particularly interested in going to Texas's Central Coast to look for Whooping Cranes, then an alternative is to monitor ND-Birds ( North Dakota Birds) https://listserv.nodak.edu/archives/nd-birds.html . The map that the Wisconsin Natural Resources has for migratory routes of Whooping Cranes http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/birds/wcrane/pdfs/Section3.pdf is close to what a number of other organizations show. The problem with that map is that it does not match reports in the ND-Birds archives. The map that the Corpus Christi Birding group http://www.ccbirding.com/twc/1997/WhooperMaps.htm does a better job of showing the path that Whooping Cranes use when passing through North Dakota. Hope this helps. Onward! Steve Stevan Hawkins San Antonio TX From: Birding Discussion List for North Dakota [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Hiatt Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:49 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ND-BIRDS] Whooping cranes-Ward Co The 3 whoopers were still there this morning sw of Ryder. Thanks to Janelle who reported them. I got some pretty good pictures as they circled near me. They sure are huge! I also had 13 Forster's terns on Lake Audubon and 30+ western and clarks grebes on White Lake NW of Stanley along with thousands of shovelers, mallards, coots, gadwall, ruddy's, and more. 12 orange crowned warblers at the lake also. Good birding, Chris Hiatt Bowman **************************************************************************** ********************************* Masters, Janelle [[log in to unmask]] Pat Bradley and I saw three whooping cranes southwest of Ryder today Saturday the 24th. Two adults and one juvenile with about 100 sandhill cranes. Janelle Masters Mandan Sent from my iPhone ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html