After leaving Taliesin we began our drive up to the Wisconsin Dells. There were other things near Spring Green that sounded worthwhile, such as the American Players Theater http://www.americanplayers.org but they hadn't really gotten started with their season yet. So we decided to head up to the Dells.
When we got to Baraboo we decided to stop off at a place called the International Crane Foundation. http://www.savingcranes.org
We were so glad that we did! What a cool place!
It is an organization and place dedicated to saving some of the rarest large birds in the world. It is the only place where you can view all 15 species of cranes.
Some of the cranes were simply beautiful birds. It was highly enjoyable seeing them.
The highlight was being able to see a pair of whooping cranes - incredibly rare and endangered, together with their baby chick. They were in a marshland, and whenever one of the parents found a particularly yummy snack such as a frog, they ran as fast as they could to feed it to the baby.
At one time there were fewer than twenty of these beautiful birds left in the world. Through huge efforts there are now a few hundred of them.That baby chick is a precious treasure - a gift of hope to the world.
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