Chorus of cranes, A: the cranes of North America and the world

With photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen.Includes bibliographical references and index.Accompanied by the stunning photography of Mangelsen, Johnsgard details the natural history, biology and conservation issues surrounding the abundant sandhill crane and the endangered whopping crane in North America.--Provided by publisher.Crane magic -- The North American cranes -- The sandhill crane -- A brief history of the species -- Seasons of the sandhill crane -- A congruence of cranes -- A teton summer -- An arctic diaspora -- An autumnal hegira -- Recent sandhill crane populations -- The whooping crane -- A brief history of the species -- The year of the whooping crane -- The winter season -- The spring migration -- The breeding grounds -- The long journey south -- Whooping crane restoration efforts -- The sandhill crane cross-fostering experiment -- Restoration efforts in Florida -- Restoration efforts in Louisiana -- Operation migration and the eastern migratory flock -- Recent population trends in the wood buffalo-aransas flock -- Can whooping cranes survive in a twenty-first-century America? -- The other cranes of the world -- Black crowned crane -- Gray crowned crane -- Siberian crane -- Wattled crane -- Blue crane -- Demoiselle crane -- Australian crane -- Sarus crane -- White-naped crane -- Red-crowned crane -- Hooded crane -- Black-necked crane -- Eurasian crane -- Epilogue