Whooping crane makes area pit stop
By Pat Phillips
Saturday May 17, 2008
Amy Steeples/Vermilion County Conservation District
A rare whooping crane hangs out this week in a cornfield between Olivet and Ridge Farm. It continued its journey north on Friday.
OLIVET – Gary Wilford wasn't exactly sure what he would find as he headed out this week to investigate an unusual bird sighted in a cornfield between Olivet and Ridge Farm.
"I got a call about this bird, so I started describing an egret," said Wilford, a naturalist with the Vermilion County Conservation District. "They come through here sometimes, but the people didn't think that was what it was and they said it was banded."
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