Resources 1
From the many crane resources worldwide we've tried to select a few of particular interest to Ozcranes readers. Here in Part 1, we include world cranes, Brolga, Sarus Crane and organisations.
Please contact the Web Manager to suggest crane-related sites to add, or broken links. Materials located on our own site (Ozcranes) are listed in the Site Map. On this page –
World cranes – multi-purpose sites
The International Crane Foundation (ICF) has general information about cranes, crane conservation projects and research, digital library, photo gallery and kids pages. The best place to start is their comprehensive Site Map.
The European Crane Working Group also has multiple resources including research projects and articles.
Check the US Government Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC) Site Map with links to their many resources on cranes, crane research and conservation. Patuxent WRC also has materials on bird migration and crane conservation.
← The International Crane Foundation has many resources including conservation projects and a research library
Organisations
← Logos of the Indian Cranes and Wetlands Working Group, and the Kwa-Zulu Natal Wattled Crane Group
More organisations:
- Endangered Wildlife Trust (may be slow to load, but interesting info and projects for African species)
- Kwa-Zulu Natal Wattled Crane Group
- Overberg Blue Crane Group
- Wildlife Protection Institute of India
- Great Crane Project, a partnership between the Pensthorpe Conservation Trust, WWT (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust) and RSPB.
Note for Nth Queensland, Australia readers: Tim Nevard, Director of Conservation for the Pensthorpe Conservation Trust, is still a keen North Queensland crane counter and was instrumental in setting up the Mareeba Tropical Wetland and Savanna Reserve.
Crane Research on the Web
- World Projects: Check multi-purpose and organisation sites above
- Ozcranes Current Australian research including projects needing volunteers
- BIRDNET have a good short explanation of ornithology (Scientific study of birds)
- Interesting sightings of Brolgas and Sarus Cranes in Australia
- Birds Australia Ongoing Atlas Project
- Eremaea Birds with moderated sighting reports from Australian states and regions
- Birds Queensland Sightings Database
- BIRD (Southwest Biodiversity Network) reports results of Brolga nest and flocking counts in SW Victoria
- Birding-aus archives (with Search)
- Cairns area N Qld (start of season, end of season, unusual sightings only)
TOPBrolgas & Sarus – Popular Books
- Jo Wieneke's popular guide ‘Where to Find Birds in North East Queensland’, includes advice on the best places to see Sarus Cranes and Brolgas
- ‘Brolga Country: Travels in Wild Australia’ by wildlife photographer and author Mitch Reardon, released October 2007. Includes southern Brolga conservation, north Queensland Crane Counts, superb photographs. Vivid, informative text covers Brolgas, their ecology and conservation from Cape York Peninsula to Bool Lagoon. More info from Allen and Unwin
Brolgas & Sarus On-line
- Australian Museum Brolga Fact Sheet.
- Victorian government
- Brolga Fact Sheet for farmers
- Brolga Conservation Statement with Bibliography (download pdf from Dept. of Sustainability & Environment or from Ozcranes Library)
- Corangamite Catchment Management brochures including Brolga wetland habitat report
- New South Wales government Threatened Species pages for Brolga including regional maps and Fact Sheet (pdf 586KB)
- The Murray Catchment Brolga habitat booklet (pdf 6.85MB)
- Bird Observation and Conservation Australia (BOCA) has Brolga conservation projects with updates in each issue of ‘The Bird Observer’
- Serendip Sanctuary near Melbourne, Victoria. Educational facility, with major Brolga breeding program (web page is part of the Parks Victoria site)
Sarus Cranes KS Gopi Sundar's blog ‘Sarusscape’ has regular updates on his PhD work on Sarus Cranes in Uttar Pradesh, India – superb photos of Sarus and other wildlife and the people of the area. The current status of Sarus Cranes in SE Asia and India is covered in the Red Data Book for Asia. The Indian newspaper Tehelka reports on the 2005 All-India Sarus Crane Count here.
Next: Resources 2 – Farms, wetlands, and conservation»
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