For the second year, we made the trip to Fulton, Texas, to visit the magnificent whooping cranes before they make their flight north to Canada for the summer. Once again, we toured with Captain Tommy on the Skimmer. This time, however, we departed the harbor at 7:30 a.m. instead of taking the afternoon cruise. Our reward was some up-close time with a number of beautiful whooping cranes as they dined on blue crabs in the marshes along the barrier islands. We were fortunate to have a representative on board from the Crane Foundation is Wisconsin who shared a wealth of information about these rare birds.
