A chorus of cranes : the cranes of North America and the world / Paul A. Johnsgard ; with photographs by Thomas D. Mangelsen ; drawings and supplementary photos by P.A. Johnsgard.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

"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"--

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