Letter to the Editor; Whooping crane sighted near Sylvan Lake

To the Editor:

First it was pelicans. Now, a Whooping Crane has been sighted in the meadows just east of Sylvan Lake. Yesterday, May 29, at about 7:30 p.m., we were driving west on Laney Brothers Road when we saw the crane on the road that crosses from Laney Brothers Rd. over to Crab Creek about one-fourth of a mile east of the lake. This is the same spot where we have seen about 40 American White Pelicans in years past. There is a drying pond there and I imagine the fish are plentiful and easy to catch at this time of year, so it attracts the birds.

Having seen the pelicans there with my bino...