Meet the Flock: Get to Know the Cranes
Crane Quiz #5

See: Meet the Flock, Hatch Year 2009. Scroll down to click on each chick's photo for a link to its life story (bio) page.

Hatch Year 2009 Answer

1. Which white-banded male from Cohort One flew alone with Brooke's plane on moving day to the larger pen site?

STRATEGY TIP: The cranes are numbered according to the order in which they hatched, oldest to youngest. Cohort One chicks are the oldest; Cohort Two chicks are middle in age; Cohort Three chicks are the youngest ones. How doest his information help you find the quiz answers?

 

 

 

2. Which two Cohort One chicks moved to the big pen four days after the others because they refused to leave their old pen and fly to the new one?

 

 

 

 

3. Which of the younger chicks with respiratory troubles kept dropping out of flight training on September 30?

 

 

 

4. Which of the youngest males takes off for the swamp to wash the grape that contains his daily de-worming medicine before eating it?

 

 

How did you do? After you're done, check answers here.

Journey North is pleased to feature this educational adventure presented in cooperation with the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP).