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Photo
Richard van Heuvelen
At
the pen we set up camouflage panels in front of the blind. A small
tent shielded the cranes and workers
from direct sun. The tent also kept the chicks in the pen
from seeing what happened in the tent. Sara and Brian (in costumes) carried
the cranes from their pen. Usually
two birds were in the tent.
One
got
its bands
while the other
got the health check.
Many experts
are needed for health checks
and banding. Veterinarians Scott Terrell, Chelle Plasse, and Lydia
came from
Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Operation Migration pilot Richard Van
Heuvelen, Patuxent’s
Brian Clauss, ICF tracking intern Rosemary Hartman and I (Eva) were
helpers. We assisted Biologist Richard Urbanek and aviculturalist Sara
Zimorski in banding the cranes.
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