9 Breathtaking Destinations You Must See While Visiting Australia. One of the pleasures of travel is the feeling of discovery. In a time when there is a proliferation of information and everyone is connected all the time, it is a joy to realize there are still unknowns--hidden gems to be shared with family and friends. Australia can sometimes seem so familiar, yet has so many destinations such as Byron Bay that deserve to be considered anew.
Storm kills 18 whooping cranes All 18 young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin with an ultralight last fall were killed in a Florida storm.
The other is the whooping crane, an endangered species, which has been recently reintroduced to Wisconsin. Unlike, its white whooping crane cousin, the sandhill crane is a tall gray bird. It has a huge wingspan of 6-7 feet! While the birds are tall, they only weigh between 8 and 11 pounds. Adults have yellow eyes, black bills, legs and feet, with a bright red patch on the crest of their head.