Meet the 2002 Whooping Crane Chicks! Hatch-year 2002 of the Eastern Flock Crane # 207 Date Hatched April 27 , 2002 Gender Female Pre-migratory Weight: Permanent Leg Bands (left)  G/W/G (right)    Read about the naming system, hatch place in Maryland, release site in Wisconsin, over-wintering site in Florida, and leg-band codes.   Personality and History (Scroll to bottom for current news) Personality Characteristics: Big, strong and sassy. Kelly and Dan say "She's got attitude." She sticks up for herself against the costume and other flock mates. Her buddy is Crane #208. History: Fall 2002: When migration began, she dropped out on the 1st leg and returned unaided to the pen site at Necedah. Didn't exit pen at Sauk Co. site and made the trip in a crate that day. She dropped out on the 4th leg of the journey south. During the first winter in Florida, she was a rather submissive, low-ranking female who rarely bothered anyone, but who was bullied by Crane #105. Spring 2003: Left Florida in the group of 15 (including one 2001 bird) and arrived in Wisconsin April 13. Wandered in her first summer. She and other females #203 and #215 stayed in South Dakota. This worried biologists as it was too close to the Aransas/Wood Buffalo Whooping Cranes and outside the NEP area. Thus she and the other two were captured and returned to Necedah August 17-18. Crane #207 was dominant and the largest of the three, but she suffered capture myopathy from the stress of being captured. She was humanely euthanized at ICF August 30, 2003 when it was apparent she could not recover.   Back to "Meet the Flock 2002"   Journey North is pleased to feature this educational adventure made possible by the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP).