Photo: Operation Migration	Meet the 2008 Whooping Crane Chicks! Hatch-year 2008 of the Eastern Flock
	Crane # 828
	Date Hatched	June 12 , 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

Photo Brian Clauss, Patuxent WRC

Notes from the captive breeding "hatchery" at Patuxent WRC in Maryland:
He was a good follower but then picked up the bad habit of mucking about for bugs and worms — which was probably more fun! Still, he is one of the GOOD birds. Even though #828 likes to do the "I'm bigger than you" game with the other birds in the youngest group, he causes no real problems. Barb says they see just the normal heiarchial interactions that normally occur in a group. As they prepared to leave for Wisconsin, he was not ready to give up challenging #829 to be the dominant bird in this group and he could still be "pecky."

 

#828 at Necedah in August Photo Operation Migration

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 sometimes stands up to #829, the "king" in this group, but #828 always backs down and slinks away from this more dominant bird. He weighed 4.7 kg at his pre-migration health check.

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