What
is this crane doing?
By Sara, ICF
Aviculturalist
He's getting a drink of water! The young cranes drink
from a water
guzzler while
they're in the release pen at Chass or St. Marks. Every
day we clean out the guzzler because, as you can see, it gets dirty
when the birds stick their muddy beaks in it!
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| The guzzler has a float in it. |
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| As
the birds drink, the float goes down — which triggers more
water to flow in, refilling the bowl of the guzzler and lifting the float back up. When the float rises to a certain point, the water flow stops. |
Photos:
Sara Zimorski,
on winter duty at the Chass Pen
