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A four-day-old whooper chick gets sleepy at night. The red glow is from the overhead heat lamp that provides heat near the stuffed model of a brooding whooper so that the chick will associate warmth with an adult crane. The brooding model is made from the body of a swan and the plastic modeled head of crane. The stuffed model's beak sits in the rim of a water jug so that the chick will peck at the beak and learn to drink. The chick cuddles near the security and warmth of the model and in a few seconds will lay down and sleep soundly, warm and safe. (Photo by Damien Ossi, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)

A four-day-old whooper chick gets sleepy at night. The red glow is from the overhead heat lamp that provides heat near the stuffed model of a brooding whooper so that the chick will associate warmth with an adult crane. The brooding model is made from the body of a swan and the plastic modeled head of crane. The stuffed model's beak sits in the rim of a water jug so that the chick will peck at the beak and learn to drink. The chick cuddles near the security and warmth of the model and in a few seconds will lay down and sleep soundly, warm and safe.  (Photo by Damien Ossi, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)

                                           
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