ESTUARY EXPERTS

ESTUARY EXPERTS

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Rare Crane

The Red Crowned Crane is named for a patch of skin on its otherwise white head and body that is red and brightens when it is excited or angry. There are only 1,700 of these endangered birds left in the wild; much of its decline being due to habitat loss, such as wetlands drying up in Asia and fires in its breeding areas in Siberia. They are legally protected now in Russia, China and Japan and more work is being done to protect and conserve their habitat.
2ND PRIZE Red-crowned Crane 
Photo: Huajin Sun
Read more at http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-13-worlds-rarest-birds?image=2#5qTfxXspV5W92TKG.99

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