Whooping Crane Education Trunk Preview

Items in the whooping crane trunk include:

• A Closer Look at Whooping Cranes: Trunk Manual and Activity Guide
• Wisconsin Whooping Crane Management Plan
• Whooping and sandhill crane feathers and magnifying lens
• Crane leg, skull, and egg replicas
• Food box containing plastic blue crab, mouse, minnows, frog, crayfish, leeches and crane chow sample (fed to whooping cranes in captivity) with list of ingredients
• Crane costume and puppet head
• Bird flight diverter
• Leg bands and radio transmitter for tracking birds
• Portable MP3 player and speakers with whooping and sandhill crane calls
• "Bringing Back the Cranes" DVD – provides project history, overview, and excellent whooping crane footage
• Wisconsin Atlas and Gazetteer so students can locate wetlands around their communities
• Reflections: The Story of Cranes – describes the fifteen species of cranes in the world
• Wetland Restoration Handbook for Wisconsin Landowners
• Whooping crane and wetland photographs and posters
• Wetland maps

Items for distribution:

• "Whooping Cranes: North America's Endangered Legacy" brochures
• "North American Crane" identification cards
• "Protect Wisconsin's Wild Places" bookmarks