October-December, 2008 Follow the story of 15 endangered Whooping Crane chicks making their first journey south as ultralight airplane "parents" teach them the way. Welcome to New Participants! >> Get Started Fall Winter & Spring Map/Data Meet the Cranes Migration News >> Oct. 3, 2008: Here's the latest in our coundown to migration: More air miles wanted Two weeks to go Crane Quiz #5 Meet the New Eastern Flock Enjoy! Stories, activities, videos, pictures, and slideshows for kids >> Fifteen chicks now learning to fly! October 17: the journey south begins! Get Ready for the Migration! Learn about the "Class of 2008" from egg to first flight in weekly "countdown" reports. Then join their first migration with daily reports from October to early December. >> Explore! Lessons, Activities and Information for the Classroom >> Questions Asked by students and answered by the expert >> Other News Classrooms in Action: Students Helping Cranes >> How You Can Help Whooping Cranes >>     In Collaboration with Operation Migration and the entire Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership "The wildlife equivalent to putting a man on the moon!" --Marshall Jones, USFWS, on the human-assisted migrations to reintroduce whooping cranes to Eastern North America     This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2008 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.