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Bird Bio's - Class of '04 The Whooping cranes are numbered according to the order in which they hatched at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.  The first digit indicates the year in which they hatched, and the last two digits indicates the order in which they hatched.  Example: crane #401 is the first hatch of this year. Crane #412 was the twelfth chick hatched in the year "'04".  ID# Class Photo Chick Egg Origin Sex Cohort/Site Personality Characteristics  Class Photo Fledged 401 PWRC Male Cohort 1 Arrived NNWR: June 16 North Site The oldest of the '04 group. Introduced to the trike at 8-days. Received 6hrs & 24 min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Legbands Left/Right     Hatch Date: 4/20       402 PWRC   Male Cohort 1 Arrived NNWR: June 16 North Site Introduced to the trike at 8-days. Received 8hrs &  10min. of  aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Likes to fly with one trike all to himself. Legbands Left/Right Hatch Date:  4/21           403 PWRC Male Cohort 1 Arrived NNWR: June 16 North Site Introduced to the trike at 8-days. Received 9hrs & 10min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Legbands Left/Right Hatch Date: 4/21           405 PWRC Male Cohort 1 Arrived NNWR: June 16 North Site Introduced to the trike at 7-days. Received 8hrs & 55min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.   Bobcat predation: March 14, 2005 Legbands Left/Right Hatch Date: 4/24           407 PWRC Male Cohort 1 Arrived NNWR: June 16 North Site Introduced to the trike at 7-days. Received 7hrs & 5min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Legbands Left/Right Hatch Date: 5/5           408 PWRC Male Cohort 1 Arrived NNWR: June 16 North Site Introduced to the trike at 9-days. Received 7hrs & 5min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Very independent, will at times challenge the aircraft in flight. Legbands Left/Right Hatch Date: 5/6           412 PWRC Male Cohort 2 Arrived NNWR: June 30 West Site Introduced to the trike at 9-days. Received 9hrs & 5min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Legbands Left/Right Hatch Date: 5/9           414 PWRC Male Cohort 2 Arrived NNWR: June 30 West Site Introduced to the trike at 9-days. Received 7hrs & 37min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Stubborn, often lands in the marsh during training sessions at Necedah. Best pals with the little girls, #'s 418 & 420. Died to predator - May 2, 2005 Legbands Left/Right     Hatch Date: 5/14       415 PWRC Female Cohort 2 Arrived NNWR: June 30 West Site Introduced to the trike at 7-days. Received 7hrs & 27min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Legbands Left/Right P T T   Hatch Date: 5/16     416 PWRC Male Cohort 2 Arrived NNWR: June 30 West Site Introduced to the trike at 8-days. Received 2hrs & 57min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Sustained a broken toe at Patuxent. Cast applied but was held out of taxi-training until the toe healed. Shipped to Necedah with cast. Was restricted from using wet section of pen until toe healed. Removed cast and x-rayed mid-July. Follows very well. Good flyer. Legbands Left/Right     Hatch Date: 5/17       417 PWRC Male Cohort 2 Arrived NNWR: June 30 West Site Introduced to the trike at 9-days. Received 6hrs & 32min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Reluctant to follow aircraft on training flights. Swamp monster used Aug. 19/20 to encourage him. He has since improved and has been on two 30-min. excursions with the ultralight. A good follower! Legbands Left/Right Hatch Date: 5/17           418 PWRC Male Cohort 2 Arrived NNWR: June 30 West Site Introduced to the trike at 8-days. Received 6hrs & 30min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Primary feathers began falling out early August. Examined by veterinarian. Remaining feathers removed - hopeful that a new set will grow in so that the bird can continue flight training and be included in fall migration. coming soon... Legbands Left/Right Hatch Date: 5/19 P T T       419 ICF Female Cohort 3 Arrived NNWR: July 15 East Site Introduced to the trike at 9-days. Received 8hrs & 10min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Obstinate, stubborn, independent. This little gal is a daughter of Gee whiz! Legbands Left/Right Hatch Date: 5/29 P T T       420 PWRC Female Cohort 3 Arrived NNWR: July 15 East Site The youngest chick in the group this year. Introduced to the trike at 9-days. Received 6hrs & 20min. of aircraft conditioning while at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Small but very determined to follow the trike. She almost has a roadrunner-like appearance as she trots along behind. Likes to eat field mice and is the first to nab any that happen to be in the fields as soon as the birds land at a new area. Legbands Left/Right Hatch Date: 6/3 P T T       Home | Our Work | Get Involved | In the Field Merchandise | Links | Contact Us