Processing
The team continues to work quickly. I (Jessica Rempel) attach color leg bands and the federal aluminum leg band to the crane. Dr. Hartup is takes a swab to test for viruses. Dr. Felipe Chavez-Ramirez and Dave Brandt take a wing chord measurement, a standard measurement taken on birds. The bands are Red over Aluminum over Yellow: RAY.

Captured Whooping crane gets  leg bands Photo: The Crane Trust