Whooping crane and blue crab at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas

A large white bird with black legs, black markings around its eyes, and a long bill wading about to grab a blue crab out of shallow water

Whooping crane and blue crab at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas

An endangered whooping crane eyes a blue crab at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, about 60 miles north of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Image

Photo By/Credit

Klaus Nigge

Facility

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Coastal

Wetland

Recreational Activity

Birding

Wildlife watching

Media Usage Rights/License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0

Subject tags

Bird banding

Birdwatching

Migratory birds

Wetlands

Wildlife refuges

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