The second-generation chick shown here is one reason the 2017 breeding season is one for the history books. Photo courtesy Beverly Paulan 

2017 breeding season one to whoop about

A history-making breeding season is winding down for whooping cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population that summers in Wisconsin, yielding a dozen fuzzy, cinnamon-colored chicks that are the latest and most hopeful signs yet for efforts to build a self-sustaining flock of whoopers in eastern North America.