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On the ground in white costumes are Sara, Matt, Eva, and Richard Urbanek, their winter caretakers. They had the honor of calling the birds down by playing the crane call over a loudhaler. The young cranes begin their new without ultralight leaders and pumpkin treats — a new life of flying free over the salt marsh of their Florida winter home!


Photo: Heather Ray, Operation Migration