FILE - In this Jan 19, 2012, file photo, three endangered whooping cranes, two immature birds, second and third from left and a mature, all white, right, walk among a flock of sandhill cranes at the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge near Decatur, Ala. Whooping cranes are back at a national wildlife refuge in Alabama. The International Crane Foundation said Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, that, for the second year in a row, wild-hatched chick W7-17 was the first to arrive at the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge in Decatur. The two-year-old arrived Nov. 9. (Dave Dieter/The Huntsville Times via AP, File)
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