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Whooping Cranes, Operation Migration
baziunc:
--- Quote from: shep on July 09, 2015, 03:57:54 PM ---
Chick #7 went to LA to expand the genetic diversity of that group
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Oh, that's good to know, Shep! I was hoping it wasn't due to illness or injury. That's a long way to go - hope the chick arrives safe sound there.
shep:
Since OM is so concerned with DNA - I wondere how they feel about Whoopsie-
the chick of a Whooper and a Sandhill
WHOOPS
;D
baziunc:
--- Quote from: shep on July 09, 2015, 07:04:44 PM ---Since OM is so concerned with DNA - I wondere how they feel about Whoopsie-
the chick of a Whooper and a Sandhill
WHOOPS
;D
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Yeah, that's a strange one, isn't it? But it happened naturally, so what can you do? They met, they liked (a lot), and they produced a chick. :D I wonder if the Whoopsie is a sterile hybrid? If so, there wouldn't be any impact on the gene pool, except that the Whooper and Sandhill crane parents wouldn't otherwise be contributing to the gene pools of their own kind. But if the Whoopsie is capable of successful natural reproduction when paired with another Whooper, or Sandhill, then I guess that would fall to natural selection to determine how that goes over time. But it's such a rare thing, I can't imagine it having any impact really. Nature does have its oddities.
shep:
July 10, 2015 Flyday Shepnotes
7 am trike flew in - fog delay - lotta honking from WBs greets Richard the pilot
2 chicks eager to go, 2 more strolled out, finally the last 2 were lured outta their wet pen
The chicks are 5 girls and a boy
#1 green
#2 black they called him Forest cuz he wanders into the bush
#6 yellow is aggressive - da B- of the group
#8 light blue
#10 white is chicken
#11 dark blue band is the only MALE in the group (cohort)
I dont know at what age they call the chicks - colts
pic - Chicks are training the pilot
Trikes n tumes n cranes - O MY!
July 8, 2015 training
adult cranes, sandhill cranes
https://youtu.be/EEWvL71Pjgw
July 9, 2015 training
https://youtu.be/lByVazI2vJs
Keith posts the training videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/QhQnmS
Whoopsie
Everything you wanna know - almost - for now
hybrid of a male Whooping Crane and a female Sandhill Crane
http://www.savingcranes.org/whats-new/2015/06/whoopsie-the-whooping-sandhill-crane-chick
baziunc:
--- Quote from: shep on July 10, 2015, 09:04:51 AM ---
Whoopsie
Everything you wanna know - almost - for now
hybrid of a male Whooping Crane and a female Sandhill Crane
http://www.savingcranes.org/whats-new/2015/06/whoopsie-the-whooping-sandhill-crane-chick
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Excellent article! on Whoopsie, the Whoophill - the hybrid offspring of a Whooping Crane and a Sandhill Crane.
Thanks, Shep.
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