Photo: Operation Migration	Meet the 2008 Whooping Crane Chicks! Hatch-year 2008 of the Eastern Flock
	Crane # 814
	Date Hatched	May 25 , 2008
	Gender	Male
		Egg Source: ACRES
	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" at Patuxent WRC in Maryland:
It was an eventful day for those who put #814 in his aviary pen for the first time. "Nuts" was the word someone used when they described how #814 acted in his new surroundings. What a peaceful moment for everyone when the chick was finally asleep under its heatlamp! This chick was paired with 815 to start trike training. (A big squabblefest took place when the team tried to train chicks 812, 813, 814, and 815 together. They pecked and pushed each other around so much that the "costumes" had to keep them apart!)

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.

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