Horicon Birds home page Contact HoriconBirds.com Are you a lost birdie? Horicon Marsh information Bird watchers report it! Passenger pigeon sightings Where can I find some of these prints locally?: Sponsors VeggieCooking.com The classic vegan cookbook by Pam Rotella! Nine Whooping Cranes Released at Horicon Marsh by Pam Rotella 29 October 2013 HoriconBirds.com HORICON NWR - Nine young whooping cranes were released at Horicon Marsh last Thursday night as a part of the Direct Autumn Release (DAR) program. According to Diane Kitchen of the Fish and Wildlife Service at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, the cranes split into two groups but remained at the marsh. Their enclosure was closed because one group tried to reenter their pen, where they had been raised by crane-costumed human handlers. Eight of the 2013 DAR whooping cranes fly over Horicon, 27 October 2013, photo by Pam Rotella ICF Intern Sara Wendel tracks the DAR whooping cranes at Horicon Marsh, 27 October 2013, photo by Pam Rotella All original content including photographs © 2013 by Pam Rotella.