Eastern Flock Meet the 2005 Whooping Crane Chicks! Born in the Spring of 2005, these are the "Hatch Year 2005" chicks. Fall 2005 was their first fall migration. Spring 2006 was their first spring migration. Click below for previous hatch years in the Eastern Flock: All Photos Courtesy of Operation Migration Crane # 501 (died March, '09) Crane # 502 (died August, '07) Crane # 503 (Died spring 2007) Crane # 505 Crane # 506 (Died Dec. 2011) . Crane # 507 (Died spring 2007) Crane # 508 Crane # 509 Crane # 510 (died July, 2007) Crane # 511 (long term missing and presumed dead, 2010) . Crane # 512 Crane # 514 (long term missing and presumed dead, 2012) Crane # 516 (long term missing and presumed dead, 2010) Crane # 519 Crane # 520 (long term missing and presumed dead, 2011)   Crane # 521 (died Feb. 2007) Crane # 522 (died autumn, 2006) Crane # 523 (died April, 2007) Crane # 524 (died spring 2011) Crane # 526 (died Nov., 2005)   Direct Autumn Release (DAR) Birds   Crane # 27-05 (died July, 2011) Crane # 28-05  Crane # 32-05 (died July, 2007) Crane # 33-05 (missing and presumed dead, Dec. 2011) . Meet the Chicks 2001-2010 Select Hatch Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010     Copyright 1997-2011 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.