Listening for the "Harley Leg"
Adapted from Feb. 20 Field Journal Entry of Operation Migration's Bev Paulan
St. Marks NWR, Florida

Crane #805 is the oldest bird at St. Mark's. What you likely don't know is that he is also our most vexing bird. He has always been very costume oriented. He always comes running to the costume whenever we enter the pen. This was very cute when he was a young fuzz ball, but less cute now that he is nearly five feet tall with an 8 inch ‘dagger’ on his face! Currently he is the largest bird, and still loves the costume. . .He is a very active bird too, always running around (when not at our side), throwing things into the air, jumping around, chasing 812, and generally acting like the teen-ager he is.