38 Nebraskaland • July 2025
ichael Forsberg's newest
book, "Into Whooperland
— A Photographer's
Journey with Whooping
Cranes" is a celebration and warning
to readers regarding one of the world's
rarest birds.
The book starts where Forsberg is
at his best — in the field. A journal
entry prepares readers for what is yet
to come: "A flash of lightning from
a predawn thunderstorm lit up the
roost and revealed a glimpse of white
among the thousands of dark shapes.
As the storm passed and the veil of
night lifted, there he was: a rare white
wonder standing tall above the noisy
pulsing masses of sandhill cranes."
An hours-old whooping crane chick receives its first health check by Marianne Wellington, senior aviculturist,
and Cindy Gutter, assistant curator of birds, at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Book review by Jeff Kurrus
Photos by Michael Forsberg
Into Whooperland
A Photographer's Journey
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