Whooping Crane Conservation Efforts

In 1967, the Whooping Crane was listed as _______.

• Healthy

• Lost

• Exotic

• Endangered

Which creative solution did the members of Operation Migration come up with to get the birds to migrate to Florida?

• They disguised an aircraft and dressed in white as the birds followed them to Florida

• They flew a plane so the birds wouldn't get lost

• They put a microchip in the bird's brains

• They flew helicopters to show the birds how to get to Florida

The word extinction means:

• When only a few animals of a species remains alive

• When an animal dies

• When a species of an animal dies out forever

The hardest part of the plan to save the Whooping Crane was:

• Getting the birds to migrate to Florida

• Migrating to Russia

• Helping the birds to fly to Texas

• Feeding the birds

The organization created to help save the Whooping Crane was:

• Operation Whoop It Up

• Operation Migration

• Operation Duck Hunt

• Operation Dumbledore

Why did Mrs. Gibbs refuse to remove the bird feeders?

• Because she didn't want to help save the Whooping Cranes

• Because they were permanently attached to the ground

• Because her husband wont allow her to remove them

• Because her husband is ill and the birds bring him happiness

The name of the bird in the text "Rethinking the Wild" that is in danger of extinction is:

• The European Starling

• The North American Pelican

• The North American Whooping Crane

• The Stellar Jay

Why was Operation Migration unhappy about the bird feeders?

• Because the Whooping Cranes will eat too much and stop flying

• Because they had their own special bird seed for the Whooping Cranes

• Because bird seed is poisonous to Whooping Cranes

• Because the cranes would no longer be wary of people, and wouldn't be able to survive on their own

When the representatives from operation Migration asked Mrs. Gibbs to remove the __________ from her backyard, she refused!

• Dog Bowl

• Rug

• Bird Feeder

Where was the Whooping Crane release pen located in Florida?

• In a wildlife preserve

• On an island just offshore

• On top of a tall building in the city

• In an area surrounded by houses