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Photo: Sara Zimorski, WCEP
Names
for Cranes
Cranes in the new Eastern Flock are real characters! You’ll
discover that each bird has its own personality. Many of the cranes remind the
pilots and crane handlers of people they know. They include braves and bullies,
rebels and sweeties, heroes and cranks.
The “ultrachicks” are named for their hatch year and
hatch order. In hatch year 2004, this guy (#412) was 12th to
hatch from the eggs for this flock.
Do you see the big bump on #412’s face from an insect bite? He needed
medicine for weeks. When he got tired of it, he had to be held and force
fed the medicine.
Argh! Even so, he never got scared or distrustful of the white costume. He
kept on being the best flyer and follower in his group. What
a
trooper!