The story of whooping cranes

Some of you might wonder why we have a picture of two flying cranes on our wedding invitation...

Yes, one of the reason is that we feel a great deal of romance when we picture these beautiful, massive birds flying together across the  plains. The other reason is different.

These birds are in fact whooping cranes. They are the largest US flying birds, and are endangered. There are only a handful of locations where you can spot them and one of these locations is on the Texas coast. Whooping cranes are also a conservationist success story, when the number of these birds reached the critical number of 50 individuals in 1940s, but now as a result of a great effort to save them, there are over 600 living in the US. 

We really like this story and wanted to share it with you, because it remind us what a power of a good intention and wise action can have in life.  So, forgive us this sentiment, and if you want to learn more about these beautiful birds (or donate some $ to support protection of their homes) you can visit this site https://www.savingcranes.org/whooping-crane.html.

We also give a huge thank you to Andrea, our friend from Austin, who did the amazing drawing of these birds on the  wedding invitation : )