Ebird does not hide their (Whooping Crane) location and you can see them
fairly easily in Florida when they're overwintering there. I would assume
that because ebird does not hide their location that they're not as easily
disturbed as you're assuming? Do you have some source for this
assumption? For this particular crane, he does not seem to mind respectful
humans, at a distance anyway....
Fawn in Riverside
On Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 9:42:33 AM UTC-5 prairiechick45 wrote:
> I thought because Whooping Cranes are extreme rare and highly monitored
> their exact location was not supposed to be posted on birding hot lines or
> Facebook, only to places like International Crane Foundation or even to
> E-Bird which usually hides the exact location. The reasoning is that
> Whooping Cranes usually attract a lot of attention which can be both
> disturbing and upsetting to the cranes.
> It is still alright to post one was found in Linn county but not report
> exactly the street location. It should be reported to one of the crane
> monitoring groups.
> Thanks,
> Barbara Miller
> Des Moines
>
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Apr 7, 2026, at 7:33 PM, <rrki......> <rrki......> wrote:
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> At 7:00 pm, in cornfield on west side of C Ave NE, in front of Hallmar
> Village.
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