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Best Food: Blue Crabs
Finding a lot of blue crabs to eat on the wintering grounds makes the healthiest Whooping cranes for migration, nesting, and raising young during the summer.

Courtesy of Alan Murphy

Whooping crane catches a blue crab on the wintering grounds.

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