On the wings of Cranes: Larry Walkinshaw’s Life Story will be presented by author Lowell M. Schake in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Conference Room, Austwell, Texas. The public is invited to this day-long event running from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on January 24th, 2009 at the Rufuge Headquarters. Copies of the book will be sold by AMIGO (Aransas & Matagorda Islands Guardian/Orator). This ‘Friends’ group provides support for many Refuge activities including this lecture series. Proceeds from book sales of ‘Wings’ will be devoted to those activities as has been the case with all other book sales and events.

Mark your calander. Attend and see some of the record 270 Whooping Cranes returning from Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada this fall. Larry Walkinshaw and Robert Porter Allen were the first to investigate captive Whooping Cranes nesting at Aransas Refuge in 1949 and 1950 that led to the flocks striking recover of today. Discover how Walkinshaw, an amateur birder, worked from 1931 until the early 1990s to lead in the salvation of this and two other endangered species.

For more details proceed to ‘Upcoming Events’ at AMIGO’s website LECTURE SERIES.