A family of Whooping Cranes, Grus americana, at the Funk Waterfowl Production Area in Nebraska not far from the  Rowe Audubon Sanctuary on the Platte River in Nebraska. The juvenile is stretching its wings.  This group is on its way from the wintering grounds in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge to Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, Canada.  There are only 266 of this species left in the wild.