Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

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Keyword: whopping crane

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

A nine-day-old chick of whooping crane, (Grus americana), in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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A nine-day-old chick of whooping crane, (Grus americana), in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

A pair of adult whooping cranes, (Grus americana), tend to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. They are raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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A pair of adult whooping cranes, (Grus americana), tend to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. They are raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana) forages for food in a display marsh at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, as part of a recovery program for the species.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

A nine-day-old chick of whooping crane, (Grus americana), in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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A nine-day-old chick of whooping crane, (Grus americana), in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

Photo: Whooping cranes' costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes’ costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

A health exam for whooping crane chicks, (Grus americana), at the International Crane Center. Shown are biologists and veterinarians wearing gray 'sandhill crane' costumes as they examine chicks, take measurements, and give shots. They all wear gray to mimic the colors of a 'bad guy' bird, the sandhill crane. White is worn only when they want to imitate whooper parents in positive situations only.

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A health exam for whooping crane chicks, (Grus americana), at the International Crane Center. Shown are biologists and veterinarians wearing gray ‘sandhill crane’ costumes as they examine chicks, take measurements, and give shots. They all wear gray to mimic the colors of a ‘bad guy’ bird, the sandhill crane. White is worn only when they want to imitate whooper parents in positive situations only.

An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

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An adult whooping crane (Grus americana), tends to a chick in a public exhibit area at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI. It is one of a pair of adults, raising a chick that is not their own, searching for food to bring it within their display marsh.

Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

Photo: Whooping cranes' costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes’ costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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Whooping cranes, (Grus americana), and their costumed trainers at the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, WI.

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