Crane chicks being fed.
Crane chicks sparring with each other.
Cranes following their keeper. Cranes learning to fly. Courtesy of the International Crane Foundation and Dave Erickson. When a flock of cranes dies out, their migration pathway dies with them, and that endangers the whole species. The Texas flock has since grown to 182 members, and after years of effort, a group of about 55 birds lives in central Florida, where as many as six pairs are preparing to breed.