Meet
the New Eastern Flock: Life Stories
Craniac Treasure Hunt Answers
We hope you
enjoyed looking at and learning all about the Eastern Flock chicks. How
easy was it to find the answers? What were the most interesting facts
you discovered? What questions did you have as you read these bird-brained
life stories?
Use this answer
sheet to check your responses and discover fun facts!
Hatch
Year 2001 |
Crane
# ____ |
Which
chick died in a windstorm on the very first ultralight-led journey
south? |
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Until
April 13, 2005, this elusive female had not been at Necedah NWR since
May, 2002—after her first migration north. |
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This
chick was removed from the flock and went to New Orleans Audubon Zoo.
Did she survive 2005’s Hurricane Katrina? |
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Which
chick was not allowed to fly most of the ultralight migration because
of his behavior? |
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Hatch
Year 2002 |
Crane
# ____ |
She
left Florida on her first journey north with all the rest of her flock,
but hesitated and turned back alone. She made the migration by herself,
wandering off track. |
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On Day
1 of his first journey south, this chick struck the ultralight while
in flight. (What happened after that?) |
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Which
female produced the first egg ever laid by cranes in the new Eastern
flock? |
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She
always wandered a lot. She was captured in fall 2005 (after 4 tries!)
to have her radio-tracking battery replaced. |
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Hatch
Year 2003 |
Crane
# ____ |
Which
crane was injured by a careless piece of litter: an aluminum can that
got stuck on her bill during migration?
Read her
story. |
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Which
crane missed 186.6 miles of her ultralight migration because she’d
had surgery to fix a broken knee? |
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Which
adult crane spent the 2005-06 winter with this year’s ultralight
chicks at the Florida pen? |
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Which
3 cranes finally figured out how to get around the huge obstacle of
Lake Michigan, arriving in Wisconsin a few months later than their
flock mates? |
303, 312,
316
They reached their Wisconsin home on July 28, 2004. The following
spring (2005), they migrated to Wisconsin with no problems. |
Hatch
Year 2004 |
Crane
# ____ |
Which
crane was a brave pioneer when the ultralights left Wisconsin without
him and he followed
wild cranes to Florida? |
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Which
two yearlings (one-year-olds) were the first of their flock to
reach Florida on their first solo migration south? |
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Which crane did not survive in Florida to make the first spring
migration? |
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She left on her first unaided journey south Nov. 17 and was at
her Florida home Nov. 26. She passed 3 male flock mates on the way. |
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Hatch
Year 2005 |
Crane
# ____ |
Which
young crane was injured during flight on Day
5 of the first journey south? |
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The
youngest chick, he didn't miss a single leg of the southward migration
until the sad events of Nov.
10. |
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This
little and sometimes sickly chick has a long story. He even got lost
in the woods for a day in Wisconsin. |
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Which
was the ONLY crane to fly with the ultralight pilots on January 9
when they tried moving the flock? |
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As chicks,
these four were named Jumblies, Poe, Waldo and Maya. |
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