Meet the Class of 2012 Whooping Cranes
Hatch-year 2012 of the Eastern Flock
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No Photo Available		 Crane #W8-12
Date Hatched May 21, 2012
Gender Female
Left Leg Right Leg
 
 
(VHF radio transmitter)
 
 
 
 

 

Summer 2012: Crane chick #W8-12 was hatched from the summer's second nest of #313 and #509 on Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin. The chick was confirmed during a tracking flight over the refuge on May 21. The chick migrated south with its parents in the fall, and the family was believed to be in Indiana as of Dec. 21.

Fall/winter 2012-2013: The chick migrated south with its parents in the fall, and the family was believed to be in Indiana as of Dec. 21. ICF tracker Eva Szyszkoski photographed #W8 with a parent on the family's Indiana wintering grounds on Feb. 15, 2013:

W8-12 with a parent in February 2013 on wintering grounds

Spring 2013: On March 30 sub-adult #W8-12 completed her first migration north, and is back on the refuge property with her parents, #13-03 and #9-05 (#509). HOORAY!

Fall 2013: W8-12 was found dead at the beginning of October during a flight by Wisconsin DNR. Also found dead the same day was #W1-12. The two yearling cranes were both heavily scavenged. They had last been observed alive during a DNR survey flight on September 9, 2013.

 
Last updated: 10/15/ 2013