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Fall 2001 1st Ultralight-led Journey South! Meet the Flock See History in the Making! Follow the cranes from egg to first flight. Then join their first migration during October and November: Highlights of the reintroduction and migration will be posted here as they occur. May 1 Good to Go! May 7 Whooping Cranes Hatching! May 8 Weighing In May 10 Cuddle Up! May 14 Catching On to Feeding May 30 Learning From Role Models June 1 The Plane and the Plan June 2 Ground School June 4 Exercise, Exercise July 1 Almost Moving Day July 8 Getting Ready at Necedah July 10 Goodbye Patuxent, Hello Necedah July 12 Flight School Begins at Necedah July 17 Feathered for Flight: We Have Lift-off! August 1 Swamp Monster is Born August 7 Airborne! August 23 Grounded by the Weather August 24 Trying Hard August 28 Introducing the Chase Plane September 5 Both Cohorts Now at Same Site September 7 Two High Fives! September 10 The Most-asked Question September 11 Health Check-ups--and a Loss September 12 Ultralights Grounded! September 22 Back in the Air September 26 Lesson for a Rebel September 29 Public Celebration for the Cranes October 4 All Together Now, Flying Free October 7 Twenty-two Minutes Airborne! October 11 Countdown to Departure October 15 Too Windy, Big Day Delayed October 16 No Go!   October 17 GONE SOUTH! Migration Begins October 19 A 9-Mile Workout Before Turning Back October 20 Interstate Stops Cranes October 21 Tailwinds at Last! October 22 Leapfrogging Ahead October 23 Too Foggy to Fly October 24 Still Grounded at Stop #3 October 25 Blustery! Another No Fly Day' October 26 A Loss---And Going Nowhere Today October 27 Horray! Cranes Set a Distance Record October 28 Standing Down in LaSalle County, IL October 29 Moving Out at Mid-day! On to Kankakee County, IL October 30 Too Windy to Take Off October 31 No Tricks or Treats Today November 1 Still Waiting for the Right Winds November 2 No Go November 3 Record-setting Flight into Indiana! November 5 Airborne to Morgan County, IN November 6 Good to Go TWO in a Row! November 7 Cranes Reach Kentucky November 8 Fifty-four Miles More November 9 Now in Tennessee! Crane #6 Lost in the Hills November 10 Searching for Crane #6 November 11 Fog and Wind: No Go November 12 An Unscheduled Stop in Bledsoe County, TN November 13 Up, Up and Over the Ridge! November 14 Hello, Georgia! November 15 Smooth Flight November 16 Cranes Reach Stop #16 November 17 Stop #17 on the 17th November 18 Another Successful Flight November 19 Too Warm and Windy to Fly November 20 Too Warm and Foggy to Fly November 21 Over 1,000 Miles! November 22 No Go: Headwinds and Fog November 23 Rainy Day--No Flight November 24 Finally in Florida! November 25 Another Weather Delay November 26 Twenty Miles Farther November 27 Another Small Gain November 28 Heat and Headwinds Turn Cranes Back November 29 Onward, Cranes! November 30 No Fly Day--But Ready for Arrival December 1 Stalled by Weather Again December 2 Only One More Flight To Go December 3 Whoop it Up! They're HOME December 5 "Chass-Seven" Home on Their Island December 18 WCEP Announces Crane #4 Killed by Bobcat Produced in Collaboration with the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership Copyright 2001 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to jn-help@learner.org