Sandhill Cranes Put on a Stunning Show You Have to See.mp4

Learn about these birds' migratory habits and meet Garrett and Allie, two residents of the Maryland Zoo's aviary.

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00:10We have two sandhill cranes here in the Marsh Aviary

00:12in the Maryland Zoo. We've got Garrett

00:13and Allie. Garrett's been here for about

00:16two years right now and he is a little over

00:18two years old right now. Allie is about

00:20seven and she's been here for about a month.

00:24Sandhill cranes are found in

00:26most of the United States. Depending on the time of the

00:28year they're in different parts of the country. So around

00:30the winter time they're found in the southern United States

00:32like southern California, Florida and Texas.

00:34Around the summer they head up to the northern

00:36United States, Canada and Alaska and

00:38some of them are actually found in the Arctic.

00:44The training that you guys are looking at today

00:46is called station training. So every

00:48animal that we have here in the Maryland Zoo they have a different

00:50system of how we make sure that they're very very healthy

00:52and for all of our birds here in the aviary

00:54we like to make sure that they're weighing very well

00:56every single month so that their weight isn't getting too heavy

00:58or too light.

01:00It's not just the enrichment we put out for them, it's also

01:02the entire exhibit space that's an opportunity for

01:04them to do what they like to do in the wild.

01:06And so it's a really great place for them.

01:08Thank you.

01:10Thank you.