The nesting season in Wood Buffalo National Park begins in late April or early May. In central Florida it begins in January and extends through May.

Mean clutch size is 1.94 eggs. Most nests contain two eggs; occasionally, nests contain only one egg, and rarely three. See similar questions...

A pair or family (3-4) of Whooping Cranes can usually be seen from the Observation Tower generally from mid October through March. They feed in the marsh during daylight hours. Be sure to ask at the Visitor Center front desk for the latest sightings. If you want to see many whoopers, you’ll need to take a boat trip out of Rockport. For the latest information on boat tours, call the Rockport Chamber of Commerce at 361-729-6445 or 1-800-242-0071 (in Texas). Out of state, call 1-800-826-6441. See similar questions...

A typical hen will start to lay eggs at about 6 months of age. The eggs will start out small, then get increasingly larger. During the first year of laying, the hen (if she is a good egg producer) will lay one egg, almost every day. The birds will then go through a "molt" in the late fall/ winter months and stop laying. Then they will start again in the early spring. You can encourage egg laying through the colder months by keeping a light on, inside the chicken coop. See similar questions...

The only remaining natural population nests in Wood Buffalo National Park, in Canada's Northwest Territory, and winters at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) on the Texas gulf coast. Whooping Cranes were once found over most of North America-from the arctic to central Mexico and from the mid-Atlantic coast and New England to Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico. A flock of non-migratory (resident) birds persisted in southwestern Louisiana until the late 1940s. See similar questions...

Whooping Cranes feed, nest, and roost in marshes (coastal marshes in Texas), lakeshores, and open grasslands-where there is minimal disturbance by humans. See similar questions...

Whooping Cranes eat aquatic invertebrates (insects, crustaceans, and mollusks), small vertebrates (fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals), roots, acorns, and berries. See similar questions...

Young migratory Whooping Cranes become independent from their parents during northward migration or shortly after arrival on the breeding grounds. For non-migratory whooping cranes in Florida, young become independent just before the parents begin their next nesting season. See similar questions...

The average nesting territory for a pair of whooping cranes in Wood Buffalo National Park is 1,013 acres. See similar questions...

Young Whooping Cranes are capable of flight when they are between 80 and 90 days old. Initially, chicks are cinnamon brown; by four months of age emerging white, adult-like feathers produce a mottled appearance. Young Whooping Cranes achieve adult-looking plumage as they approach 1 year of age. See similar questions...

One species called Achatina iradelei gives birth to live young. However, in actual fact, the babies are born from eggs but these are incubated inside the snail. See similar questions...

A female head louse produces about four eggs per day and a total of about 88 eggs during her lifetime. See similar questions...

A female hawksbill turtle lays an average of 4 clutches of eggs each breeding season. These turtles do not breed every year, rather every 2-4 years. Each clutch of eggs contains an average of 150 eggs which are laid during a 15-25 minute period. See similar questions...

Whooping Cranes mate for life, but they will take a new mate after loss of the original. The pair will return to use and defend the same nesting and wintering territory year after year. See similar questions...

We had to ask Whooping Crane Biologist Tom Stehn these questions. He says whoopers live 20-30 years in the wild and can live 40+ years in captivity. The oldest whooping crane in captivity died in January 2003. He was 38 years old. The second question is hard for even Tom to answer. He says that there have been pairs on the same nesting territory for 20+ years. See similar questions...

Depending on species, they may lay clutches containing on average 50-160+ eggs, and may lay more than one clutch in a season. Flatback turtles (endemic to Australian waters) lay the smallest clutches (approximately 50 eggs per clutch). Hawksbill turtles lay the largest clutches, which may contain over 200 eggs! See similar questions...

The female lays eggs 24-36 hours after her first blood meal. Fleas lay up to 50 eggs a day, which is equal to their body weight. They can lay this many eggs because they suck up 15 times their body weight in blood daily. This blood lust can continue for 3 months. See similar questions...

No because some of the lice are male and some female lice will be unfertilized meaning they won't lay any eggs. When parents find large adult lice, they always think they're in for a battle. But when nothing further happens, they realize that what they found was a male louse or a female louse that's unfertilized. Large-sized adult lice don't just appear by magic. See similar questions...

It takes between 29 and 31 days for the eggs to hatch. Both sexes incubate. A Whooping Crane pair will renest if the first clutch of eggs is destroyed before mid-incubation. See similar questions...