Photo: Operation Migration	Meet the 2008 Whooping Crane Chicks! Hatch-year 2008 of the Eastern Flock
	Crane # 812
	Date Hatched	May 22 , 2008
	Gender	Male
	Date of Photo: May 24	Egg Source: ICF
	Permanent Leg Bands (Attached after reaching Florida)	Left Leg Right Leg
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Personality and Training

Photo Brian Clauss, Patuxent WRC

Notes from the captive breeding "hatchery" at Patuxent WRC in Maryland:
The first chick in Cohort Two. He had as a set of lungs, which made for an eventful and noisy first few days. The chick is extremely cute, very light in color and a very needy little chick, said Barb. "Of course the chick is very cute and worth every minute of care and loving we can give it." He did very well at his first circle pen training session on May 30. Said Barb, "This chick and 813 were the easiest to train, although he was a screamer at first. He settled down and learned to follow very well. He seems to be a dominant bird in the group. One evening when we were weighing him in the weigh box, he stood up so tall and straight with his little wings to the sides and its head up and little chest out. When we were done weighing the chick Brian said, 'That chick thinks it's better than us!'" It was very cute. Group 2 has no real bullies in the bunch. Crane #812 is one of the dominant birds in his group but each one seems to know their place in the heirarchy.

Cohort 2 (812 is in the lead) Photo Operation Migration

Notes from "flight school in Wisconsin:
Arrived at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge July 9 in cohort 2, the middle group in age in the Class of 2008. He weighed 5.8 kg at the pre-migration health check on Sept. 3. He is the leader of cohort 2.

He is still a leader in the combined cohort 2-3 group. He started out very mellow but got pushy and threw his weight around to let everyone know he is in charge. "No one challenges #812," said Brooke.

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