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RAY and YAY will will wear the new bands for life. But they will
not be the only "marked" cranes in the natural flock.
We will attempt to capture more cranes in Canada in August. The
capture
technique is different there as we will be trapping nestlings who
have not fledged yet. We use a plane to locate the cranes and
then a helicopter
to drop us off close to the crane. Then we chase it and grab it and
do all the same steps that we do in Texas.
RAY
and YAY are two pioneers but we
plan to radio-band 60 cranes by 2013.
Information from these marked
cranes will help us develop ways to reduce threats and death
during migration, a dangerous time for this endangered species.
Thank you, RAY and YAY.
Photo:
Felipe Chavez-Ramirez
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