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The chicks will get their adult voices during winter. They will get whiter. Their rusty-colored chick feathers will be replaced by pure white ones. The tops of their heads will become red. The colored leg bands were put on the cranes after they arrived in Florida. The colors show the identity of each crane.

Photo: Eva Szyszkoski

Colored leg bands are identification for each crane.