Sound up! 🥰 In captivity, whooping crane eggs are monitored throughout the incubation period to ensure the embryo is developing and progressing properly, typically through weighing and candling. Once the embryo has grown large enough, movement of the egg can actually be observed. In the final few days, the embryo breaks into the aircell where it breathes air for the first time and is able to vocalize. Observing strong movement and hearing peeping is a good indication the chick is in the correct

Here’s a short video of the whooping crane juveniles shortly after they were released from the top-netted pen last week! They explored the open pen for a while before a few of them took off, landing in the open marsh. All seven have remained around the pen so far. | Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries - Whooping Cranes

Whoop whoop! It's #WhoopingCraneDay! Check out this awesome video of our whooping cranes, and then learn more by reading our whooping crane Q&A with crane keeper, Chris Crowe! https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/featured-creature-whooping-crane | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute