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Photo WCEP
First
Flight
The little chicks take their first flight before they realize
they can fly. A small plane delivers them to Wisconsin. This
state is the new Eastern flock’s summer
nesting grounds. Here they should spend summers for the rest of their
lives.
Why
Move Now?
These chicks were born in captivity in Maryland. They must be moved before
they fledge (start to fly), or they won’t follow the
ultralight. It will lead them on their first migration south
to a winter home in Florida. The trike must show them the way.
Also, birds never forget the place where they first learn to fly. They return
there year after year. The site becomes their nesting grounds. Crane survival
depends on a good summer home for raising the next generation.