On
the ground in white costumes are Sara, Matt, Eva, and Richard
Urbanek, their winter caretakers. They had the honor of calling
the birds down by playing the crane call
over a
loudhaler.
The young cranes begin their new without ultralight leaders
and pumpkin treats — a new life of flying free over the
salt marsh of their
Florida winter home!
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Photo:
Heather Ray, Operation Migration
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