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National Geographic : 1979 May
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the subadult discovered two sandhills rear ing a whooper chick hatched two months before. The older bird soon showed strong interest in the chick and continually tres passed on sandhills' territory to be near it. At first the male sandhill always chased the subadult away. From prior observation I knew that this whooper could dominate al most any sandhill it met, yet it would with draw, then approach the chick once again. This persistent retreat and advance ended in Teamwork Helps the Whooping Crane August when the sandhills at last allowed the subadult to join them and the chick. The subadult danced and vocalized be fore the chick several times in the next weeks, but prompted no response. Nonethe less, it continued shadowing the chick until the foster family migrated in October. In December these whoopers met again, on the New Mexico wintering grounds. Now the subadult played the older brother, protecting the chick from aggressive 691
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