Photo: Operation Migration	Meet the 2008 Whooping Crane Chicks! Hatch-year 2008 of the Eastern Flock
	Crane # 813
	Date Hatched	May 23 , 2008
	Gender	Female
		Egg Source: Calgary Zoo
	Permanent Leg Bands (Attached after reaching Florida)	Left Leg Right Leg
	Read about the naming system, hatch place in Maryland, release site in Wisconsin, over-wintering site in Florida, and leg-band codes.

Personality and Training

Notes from the captive breeding "hatchery" atPatuxent WRC in Maryland:
Barb calls #813 a dream of a little chick. She was eating and drinking on her own at just over a day old. "Although we need to continue to work with the chick on eating and drinking, how quickly this little one has learned. Oh, if they could all be like little #13."

The largest bird in Cohort 2. Very calm.

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. By Aug. 12 chick #813 was following the trike well and, said pilot Richard, "has the wing figured out better than any of the other birds.” She weighed 5.2 kg at her pre-migration health check Sept. 3.

July in Wisconsin. Photo Operation Migration	#813's new leg band attached at pre-migration health check Photo Richard van Heuvelen, Operation Migration

On Oct. 4 pilot Chris and handlers at the pen spent 45 minutes being entertained by #813 and #803 trying to chase off #509, who had stopped by for a visit.

The team calls #813 "Cosmos" because she is so dedicated to the trike! (The ultralite planes are Cosmos brand.)

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