We got our first egg yesterday. It is from a Red-crowned Crane pair, You-Yi and Zoah Ming. They hadn't really made a nest, but today they had made a little bit more of a nest around the egg. We are letting them incubate the egg because You-Yi has a very small beak (she broke the majority of her beak off a long time ago) and they want to see if she can properly rotate the egg. If she can, they may use the pair as surrogates in the future.
I was shown the ISO facility today (the building for isolated chick rearing). It is a newer building and seems really nice. I'm excited to get to help raise the chicks - I'll have to wear a crane costume!
It started flurrying around 5 today, and it has already started accumulating a little. They are predicting around 5-7 inches, but I don't think Baraboo is supposed to get it quite as bad as Madison and other close areas.
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Hi Elizabeth! You are lucky because you get to help the birds at the zoo. I like to see pictures too!
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