->    shades of the whooping crane experiments . . they tried giving
-> them to
-> sandhills to hatch and raise . problem is, they grow up thinking they
-> are sandhills . wouldn't be bad (they habits are the same), but they
-> won't _mate_ with another whooper! . they think they are supposed to
-> mate with sandhills . and the sandhills (semi-smart birds ) won't
-> have anything to do with them cause they are the wrong color......
   Lynn, I'm familiar with the sandhill/whooper problems.  Used to live
close to the Bosque del Apache preserve in NM.  It's a really wonderful
place- they grow fields of corn for the geese and cranes to feast on.
Just got e-mail from an old friend who said that there are only two
whoopers left this year.  Sad.  They are truly magnificent birds.
                                                   TTYL, Jan
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