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Fall 2002 2nd Ultralight-led Journey South! Who's Traveling? Meet the Flock and Meet the Team Follow the cranes from egg to first flight. Then join their first migration during October and November! Highlights and Migration for Hatch Year 2002: April 12 First to Hatch April 13 Cuddle Up April 16 Learning From Role Models April 18 Hey, Baby! First Lessons May 1 Catching On to Feeding May 3 Weighing In May 15 The Plane and the Plan May 21 Hello, World! All Chicks Hatched May 23 Exercise, Exercise June 10 Necedah Gets Ready for the Whooper Chicks June 12 Goodbye Patuxent, Hello Necedah June 15 Smart Dummies June 17 Flight School at Necedah June 28 All Chicks Now at Necedah! July 1 Whose Territory is This, Anyway? July 6 Swamp Monster! July 12 Two on the Ground and One in the Air July 14 Wolves and Other Dangers July 20 A Memorable Sight July 30 All Birds Fledged! August 6 She's BAAAAK August 25 Ten Together August 27 ARGH! Health Checks and Banding September 4 Feeling Betrayed--But Getting Over It September 10 Crabby Times September 11 Trying to Catch Up September 13 Foggy Days and Watching for Stress September 17 Back to Speed September 18 Seventeen Together--Except for One September 19 Calling All Colts! September 21 Sixteen Take Off Together September 24 Some New Details September 26 Up at Dawn September 30 New Target Date October 1 Following "Mom" October 3 Who Does What? October 7 Best Flight So Far! October 9 Ready, Set... October 10 Rainy Target Date: No Go October 11 Still Waiting in the Wings October 12 Grounded Again October 13 Take Off--and a Big Mixup October 14 Regrouping October 15 Too Windy to Fly October 16 Twenty-three Miles With a Tailwind October 17 Miserable Day: No Go October 18 44.6 Miles and Holding October 19 Ditto for Today October 20 Airborne With Drop-outs Galore October 21 Headwinds Prevent Flight October 22 Standing Down in Green County, WI October 23 Still Too Windy October 24 S'no Go October 25 Grounded Again October 26 From Wisconsin to Illinois! October 27 Yee-haw! Another 47.9 Miles October 28 Gales Ground Migration October 29 More Wind, More Rain October 30 Longest Flight Yet! October 31 Indiana! November 1 Windy and Cold: Hanging Out November 2 Still on the Ground in Windy "Indy" November 3 Smooth Sailing to Boone County, IN November 4 No Flight Today November 5 Down and Out in Boone County November 6 Waiting November 7 Two Groups Now November 8 Teams Grounded by High Winds November 9 Still Grounded in Indiana November 10 Same Story November 11 Go Birds, Go! November 12 On a Roll! Into Kentucky November 13 Last Stop in Kentucky! November 14 Now in Tennessee! November 15 Stopped by Rain November 17 Weekend Weather Stalls Migration November 18 Up, Up and Away! November 19 Fogged in at Meigs County, TN November 20 Standing Down, but The Race is On November 21 Still Not Flying November 22 No Go November 23 Crew and Cranes Divided Again November 24 Together in Georgia--and Another Thrill! November 25 Onward, Cranes! November 26 Soaring Ahead November 27 19 Wild Whoopers in Florida! November 28 Chassahowitzka, Here They Come--82.5 Miles to Go! November 29 Almost Home Free! November 30 Whoop it Up! Migration Complete December 2 It's a Wrap!   Produced in Collaboration with the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership   Copyright 2002 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form