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Meet
the 2008 Whooping Crane Chicks!
Hatch-year 2008 of the Eastern Flock |
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Crane
# 805
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Date Hatched |
May 9 , 2008 |
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Gender |
Male |
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Egg Source: |
Necedah NWR (wild parents # 213 and #218's abandoned nest) |
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Permanent (Attached after reaching Florida)
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Personality
and Training:
Notes
from the captive breeding "hatchery" at Patuxent WRC
in Maryland:
Crane 805
hatched from an egg taken from the deserted nest of the eastern flock's
pair
#213 and #218, who have never raised a chick but laid eggs that became
#602 and #717). He was timid at first. In
the few days prior to being shipped to Necedah, #805 started to
become
a
little
meanie
to #807,
809, 811
and
his early pal, #804. This cohort, including the oldest and most unruly
of the 2008 chicks, was delivered to Wisconsin on June 25 with lots
of
warnings
to the
team
that awaited them.
Notes
from "flight school in Wisconsin:
Arrived
at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge June 25 in cohort 1, the oldest
group in age in the Class of 2008.
Last updated: 7/8/08
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