This winter as many as six adult whooping cranes visited Powderhorn WMA. The US Fish and Wildlife Service was able to place a GPS transmitter on one of the cranes. Once released, the crane moved to Matagorda Island for a few weeks and then came back to Powderhorn. The crane remained here for several weeks and recently started its trip to the breeding grounds in Canada. A map showed how far the crane traveled in one day (about 270 miles).

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is gathering data on daily movement, habitat use, migration route, and nesting location this season. We hope to see this crane return to Powderhorn next fall.