Object Details
- Physical Description
- White fabric hood with attached plastic googles and mesh
- Summary
- A bird seeing a human face or hearing a human voice while under the staff's care could 'imprint' on humans, losing its natural fear and dramatically decreasing its odds of surviving in the wild. So when teaching the cranes to follow the ultralights, when they are around 5-7 days old, aviculturalists disguise themselves in a white smock and hood with goggles while wearing a hand puppet that looks like the head and neck of an adult crane and introduces each chick to an ultralight aircraft. The aviculturalists also bring a recorder with recorded crane brood calls to reassure the youngster. Only people wearing these costumes are allowed to get near the birds, even while flying with the flock.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Joseph Duff Operation Migration.
- Inventory Number
- A20060594006
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Helmets & Headwear
- Materials
- Fabric, Plastic, Elastic, Foam
- Dimensions
- Clothing (On Mannequin): 38.1 × 25.4 × 25.4cm (15 × 10 × 10 in.)
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Thomas W. Haas We All Fly
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20060594006
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv97c33b034-9601-43a8-b255-dbbd933b3d4f
