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Whooping Crane

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Whooping Crane with Sandhill Cranes

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Whooping Cranes at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Whooping cranes at Quivira National Wildilfe Refuge

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A captive Whooping Crane

Whooping crane chick.

Photo credit: International Crane Foundation

Photo by Jim Hudgins/USFWS.

A biologist measures the length of a portion of the leg of a juvenile Whooping Crane. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama.

Whooping cranes (Grus americana) fly in a 'V' formation. Whooping canes are endangered, with only one self-sustaining wild population, the Aransas-Wood Buffalo National Park (AWBNP) population. This

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Sara Zimorski of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries holding a bird while veterinarian, Dr. Jim LaCour, checks to make sure there were no injuries sustained during the shipment.

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A veterinarian is placing a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. This will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Four newly released birds exploring the marsh surrounding the release pen.

Photo credit: Sara Zimorski/LDWF

A juvenile Whooping Crane is carried from the holding pen so it can receive a health exam, be banded, and fitted with a radio transmitter. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL.

A veterinarian is placing a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. This will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

A veterinarian is placing a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. This will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Juvenile Whooping Cranes in their holding pen at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama.

Two juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) recently released from their holding pen fly around the area on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 20

Three juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) begin to leave a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, Alabama. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

Juvenile Whooping Cranes (Grus Americana) feed shortly after leaving a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

Another view of the top-netted pen with costumed humans interacting with the cranes.

Photo credit: Carrie Thompson/USFWS

A veterinarian prepares to place a hood on a juvenile Whooping Crane. The hood will help keep the bird calm while it is handled. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

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October 9, 2012: Endangered whooping cranes to add to the recovery of the species learn their migration route above Pencatonica, IL. Photo: Operation Migration.

A veterinarian inspects a juvenile Whooping Crane as part of a health examination. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL.

October 9, 2012: Endangered whooping cranes to add to the recovery of the species learn their migration route above Pencatonica, IL. Photo: Operation Migration.

A uniquely numbered aluminum band is being placed on the leg of a juvenile Whooping Crane. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Sara Zimorski of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries dressed in a whooping crane costume, opening a section of fence in the top-netted pen to let the birds into an open pen.

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A Juvenile Whooping Crane is examined by a veterinarian to insure it is healthy. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Deatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

A radio transmitter is applied to the leg of a juvenile Whooping Crane. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Weighing a captive juvenile Whooping Crane. The weight of the person is subtrated from the total to determine the bird's weight. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL

Each bird gets a unique combination of color bands and color coded transmitters that allow scientists to track and monitor as well as identify each individual as they disperse away from the release pe

A juvenile Whooping Crane has been captured for a health check by a veterinarian and banding by biologists. An aluminum band with a unique number and colored, plastic bands and a radio transmitter wil

A juvenile Whooping Crane stretches while other move about their holding pen. These birds are the new members of a flock being established in the eastern U.S. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur

A juvenile Whooping Crane in a hood designed to keep it calm during handling is ready for being banded and having a radio transmitter attached to one of its legs. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Dec

A uniquely numbered aluminum band is being placed on the leg of a juvenile Whooping Crane. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Photo: Bill Gates, USFWS

Colored leg bands and a radio transmitter designed to indicate movement on the legs of a juvenile Whooping Crane. The transmitter will allow biologists to locate it using a special receiver. Wheeler N

Glue is applied to a part of the radio transmitter that will surround another part after it is placed on the leg of a Whooping Crane. Two colored leg bands are already on the other leg. These help to

All 16 members of the LA class of 2011. They are held temporarily in the top-netted pen to give them time to acclimate to their new surroundings and give the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fish

A juvenile Whooping Crane with a hood on it's head to keep it calm during handling appears to be watching biologists glue a colored band to its leg. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Decatur, AL. Pho

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Newly arrived 2011 cohort in the top-netted pen in the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WLWCA) with a large flock of ducks and geese flying over the marsh in the background.

Photo credit: Sara

Patokah River National Wildlife Refuge, IN
Photo: Steve Gifford/USFWS

A juvenile whooping crane with a hood on to keep it calm appears to be watching biologist Eva Szyszkoski, International Crane Foundation, place a radio transmitter on its leg. Wheeler National Wildli

Operation Migration Lead pilot Richard van Heuvelen performs a perfect air pick-up on Nov. 19 in Union County, Ky. to lead the eight endangered whooping cranes into Tennessee. Photo by Heather Ray, O

L8 & 11-11 with returning bird L4-10, a male from the first group of birds that was released in February 2011.

Photo credit: Sara Zimorski/LDWF

Items are prepared to place an aluminum and colored leg bands and a radio transmitter on the legs of a juvenile Whooping Crane. The colored leg bands, in unique color arrangements on the leg, allow a

A juvenile Whooping Crane tests its wings shortly after being released from a holding pen on Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Bill Gates, USFWS Feb. 10, 2012

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