soaring higher than a

Saw my first crane of the year early this morning . . . from the basket of a hot air balloon!

Benjamin Goss Bird Club

Enjoyed meeting all the Goss Bird Club members last night at Retzer. Appreciate the time they allowed me to talk about the count. Due to computer issues, Eric's Peru trip Power Point got started late, which allowed me plenty of time to talk. Once his presentation began, though, we were enthralled. Eric spent two weeks in Peru on a birdathon and came back loaded with information, photos, maps... everything a birder would want to know. A very well constructed presentation.

There was a fairly good crowd at Retzer for the monthly meeting. I met several current and past crane counters and gathered contact info from several more.

Also yesterday started a facebook page on the count. It can be viewed here: https://www.facebook.com/WaukeshaCountyCraneCount

Site Map

This map is of all the potential counting sites in Waukesha County.

counting on you counting

I've been a crane counter for about ten years, one of the best things I've done, and now it's my turn to coordinate the Waukesha County, WI, count. We have 50 sites and would love to have counters at most of them. The 2013 count is two months away - Saturday, April 13th. It'll be two of the best hours you'll spend in the outdoors this year!

If you're interested in helping save one of the world's most interesting birds we'd love to hear from you. Please contact the International Crane Foundation at   cranecount@savingcranes.org or myself at howlinblog@yahoo.com

can we count on you?