Whooping Crane Total Population (Figures as of April 24, 2008)     Wild Populations Adult (ALL white Birds) Young Total Adult Pairs Aransas/Wood Buffalo self-sustaining migratory flock 227 39 266* 69 Florida nonmigratory 36** 1 37**  13 Rocky Mountains 0 0 0 0 Wisconsin/Florida reintroduced migratory flock (The goal is a flock of 125 birds in Wisconsin by 2020, including 25 nesting pairs.) 50 22 *** 72 ****  4 Subtotal in the Wild :  313  62 375 90            Captive Populations Adults Young Remaining at captive canters after eggs and/or birds were shipped out for reintroduction programs Total Breeding Pairs Patuxent WRC, MD 63 0 63 13 International Crane Foundation, WI 35 0 35 11 Devonian Wildlife Conservation Center, Calgary, AB, Canada 22 0 22 6 Calgary Zoo, AB, Canada 2 0 2 0 San Antonio Zoo, TX 7 0 7 1 Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, FL 2 0 2 0 Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, LA 2 0 2 0 Species Survival Center, Louisiana 11 0 11 1 Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, FL 2 0 2 0 Jacksonville Zoo, FL 2 0 2 0 Milwaukee County Zoo, WI 1 0 1 0 Subtotal in Captivity: 148 0 148 32 Total wild + captive 377 146 523   *Until the next updating of Total Populations on this page, any known deaths in the Eastern migratory flock AFTER March 31, 2008 are reported here. *A record 84 chicks hatched from 65 nests in 2007. Forty chicks fledged. The peak size of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population (Western flock) is estimated at 266, including 39 juveniles. **This number reflects the birds regularly monitored in Florida.A few additional cranes could be present in unknown locations. One wild chick fledged in this wild population in 2007. *** The 5 Whooping Crane breeding facilities (Patuent Wildlife Research Center, International rane Foundation, Calgary Zoo, San Antonio Zoo, and Species Survival Centr in New Orleans) all either ;provided eggs or hatched and raised chicks in 2007. Two eggs cam e from a wild nest in Florida and 2 eggs came from wild nests in Wisconsin. Twenty-eight chicks were raised in captivity and shipped to the Necedah Nwr in central Wisconsin for later reintroduction. Seventeen were led by ultralight to Florida, and 10 were released with other wild cranes in central Wisconsin. Four of the 10 have died to date, and one juvenile ultralight crane died in TN in the spring migrations. **** The flock total incudes 3 adults that have not been sighted for some time, and are considered "missing." Previous Whooping Crane Population Totals 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Data courtesy of the Whooping Crane Recovery Team, Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP). This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2008 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.