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   The first 7 young Whooping Cranes to fly over St. Mark's, Florida in over a century follow Operation Migration pilot Richard Van Heuvelen over admiring crowd.  Early morning sunlight lit up the birds' secondary feathers as they flew west to their winter pen site on St. Mark's National Wildlife Refuge.  Whooping Crane flyover, St. Mark's, Florida, January 17, 2009.  
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The first 7 young Whooping Cranes to fly over St. Mark's, Florida in over a century follow Operation Migration pilot Richard Van Heuvelen over admiring crowd. Early morning sunlight lit up the birds' secondary feathers as they flew west to their winter pen site on St. Mark's National Wildlife Refuge.
Whooping Crane flyover, St. Mark's, Florida, January 17, 2009.
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