Photo: Operation Migration	Meet the 2008 Whooping Crane Chicks! Hatch-year 2008 of the Eastern Flock
	Crane # 818
	Date Hatched	May 31 , 2008
	Gender	Female
	Date of Photo:	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

Notes from the captive breeding "hatchery" at Patuxent WRC in Maryland:
Nicknamed "Mouse" for her tendency to scurry about. Never seems to walk at a steady pace, but instead skitters to and fro like a mouse. Among the chicks that will form Cohort Two, #818 was paired up with 816 to begin trike training. Bev calls #818 the class class go-getter.

 

July in Wisconsin. 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. She was already flying by Aug. 12, and Bev said she became a little better behaved. "Once out of the pen, she would almost always '‘do a runner' into the marsh. At the last training session though, instead of running into the marsh, she just flew there right over the swamp monster's head.” On Aug. 15 pilot Richard told a good one: “At the end of the training session the chicks gathered around the trike for treats. The puppet was doling out grapes and a grape bounced off 818's head. She didn't seem to mind and promptly ate it, glad for the well-deserved attention.” But she was still, as Bev said, "our little swamp lover.” She weighed 5.2 kg at the pre-migration health check.

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