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    This website has a running tally of the whooper population.  The original flock had a bumper crop of chicks, bringing the total species population over 500:

    Wood Buffalo NP (Alberta/NWT) / Aransas NWR (TX) flock: 237
    Florida nonmigratory flock: 53
    Wisconsin / Florida flock: 83
    Total wild 373 birds
    In captivity 145
    Grand total 518

    Not bad for a species that was down to just 21 birds for a couple years in the 1950's.

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    by CA Pol Junkie on Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 03:31:17 PM PDT

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