Photo: Brian Clauss, PWRC	Meet the 2008 Whooping Crane Chicks! Hatch-year 2008 of the Eastern Flock
	Crane # 827
	Date Hatched	June 11 , 2008
	Gender	Male
	Date of Photo:	Egg Source: Calgary Zoo
	Permanent Leg Bands (Attached after reaching Florida)	Left Leg Right Leg
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Personality and Training
Notes from the captive breeding "hatchery" at Patuxent WRC in Maryland:
Cohort 3 (the youngest birds) has a few meanies and #827 is one of them. He is very aggressive to the puppet and to the other chicks! On July 14 Barb said, "#827 has been included in walking with the GOOD birds in this group (820, 826, 828 and 830) and being socialized with them. But he can be a little butt biter when he gets a chance. The other chicks have learned that he is the meanie. They seem to know to steer clear of his path."  He was originally in his own pen but later was blended into the group with #20, #26, #28 and #30. On July 26, Barb reported that #827 was still a little butt biter, pecking at the butts of the other chicks in his group when they walked past him. Even though #828 has become the dominant bird, #827 hasn't lost hope. He stands up so tall and just won't back down, which causes #829, the most dominant in the group, to fight." He is also a puppet hater.

Notes from "flight school in Wisconsin:
Arrived at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge July 29 in cohort 3, the youngest group in the Class of 2008. He enjoys both the wet and dry pens equally. He also tries an occasional “face off” with the “King”, 829. According to pilot Brooke, those face offs end with #827 backing away and slinking off in embarrassed humility.

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