The Southern Company has worked hard to preserving this creature in Alabama's Wild. As you can tell, this is an older photo. Either the jpeg was processed in the late 90's or it was an older photo scanned. These pretty long legged birds aren't seen too often around our parts. They used to be bountiful.
The Whooping Crane (grus americana) is the tallest bird in Alabama. It's also a very interesting species that's diminishing so quickly people ask one another, "Have you seen one of those whooping cranes lately?" They used to hangout around where ever water was. They eat mussels, fish, berries and anything else they can find. They migrate as far north as Wisconsin and in our area.
The reason why I picked this topic was I noticed something special Alabama Power and the Southern Company was doing. The company is preserving the Whooping Crane aiding it through it's migration by flying with them. It's unusual for our people to even think about such a thing. The birds are hefty in body, but they need extra help just as many dying species do. A company that aides a endangered species is a company that stays in business for a long time. Whooping Cranes live up to 27 years and with aided preservation there is a chance that the species might maintain some growth for rebuilding in the wild. The bald eagle had a period of losing population many years ago, but now they have built their population up nicely. This is a company that loves it's land and takes care of what God gave it. Thank you Alabama Power and the Southern Company
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