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Photo Operation Migration

Use Your Cranium (and the Web)
Sometimes the adult birds from earlier years, likelike these 2002 adults, stake out the training strip. After all, it was THEIR territory first! You can find these and every crane's banding code and life story on their bio page. Meet the flock!

• Which 2007 chick was removed to captivity because he went too close to humans?
• In 2006, which crane pair hatched the Eastern flock's very first wild-born chicks?
• How did litter nearly kill #312?
• Which 2007 male was lost for six days on his first journey south?
• How many birds will the ultralights lead on their first migration this year?