U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday told graduates of the northern Indiana Catholic boarding school he graduated from 40 years ago that persistence is the most essential quality to success and is the only trait each personBLOOMINGTON — An ailing sandhill crane that became a pest in a southern Indiana subdivision after being left behind by its flock is now on the mend at a wildlife rehabilitation center.
The crane was brought to WildCare Inc. near Bloomington six weeks ago from New Albany, where it had been begging residents for food since mid-May. WildCare staffers found it encrusted in insect urine called "honey dew" that falls from tulip poplars each summer.
Staffer Amanda Wrigley tells The Herald-Times the crane couldn't fly far because its left wing was heavily encrusted.
Wrigley says the once malnourished bird now "eats like a pig" and has fattened up. She plans to take it to Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area, where tens of thousands of sandhills gather each fall.
