Whooping Crane Festival 2024. Mark your calendar and plan to join us for this year’s 35th annual festival of the cranes! Every year since 1996, this festival celebrates the return of the majestic whooping cranes to their wintering habitat at the aransas national wildlife refuge.

Every year since 1996, this festival celebrates the return of the majestic whooping cranes to their wintering habitat at the aransas national wildlife refuge. The international crane foundation produced this report.