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Meet
the 2007 Whooping Crane Chicks!
Hatch Year 2007 of the Eastern Flock
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Chicks
of the new Eastern flock learn to migrate in one of three ways:
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| Group
2 |
Learn
to migrate by following older cranes in the flock
Group
2 chicks are also captive-born. They are released
and follow older cranes in a program called
Direct Autumn Release (DAR). |
DAR
#36-07
(died 11/4/07)
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DAR
#37-07 |
DAR
#39-07 |
DAR
#40-07
(died
winter 2009)
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DAR
#41-07
(died
10/31/07)
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DAR
#42-07
(died spring 2011)
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DAR
#43-07
(died 3/22/08) |
DAR
#44-07
(missing /presumed dead, 2010) |
DAR
#46-07
(died
August, 2012)
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DAR
Photos:
Danielle Desourdis, USFWS Intern
Anna Fasoli, ICF
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DAR
#45-07
died after release but before
migration. |
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| Group
3 |
| Learn
to migrate by following their parents
Group
3 chicks are wild-born. Their parents raise them and teach
them to migrate. This is the natural way cranes learn to
migrate.
One day, the flock will be large enough for wild-born parents
to take over and human assisted migration will no longer
be
needed. Scientists hope to reach their goal of 125 birds
by 2020. |
Zero
wild-born chicks hatched in summer 2007. |
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Photos
Courtesy of Operation
Migration, B. Clauss, Patuxent
WRC, M. Wellington, ICF
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