Steve Hillebrand - USFWS
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Fall 2003 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!
Beginning in September, highlights of the reintroduction and migration will be posted here as they occur.
- April 21 First Chick Hatched!
- April 22 Imprinting: Who Am I?
- April 24 Learning to Eat
- April 26 Weighing In
- April 27 First Lessons
- April 28 Growing and Exercising
- April 30 Learning From Role Models
- May 10 The Plane and the Plan
- May 23 Hello, World! All Chicks Hatched
- June 18 Wisconsin Gets Ready for Whooper Chicks
- June 19 Goodbye Patuxent, Hello Necedah
- June 21 Flight School Begins
- June 25 Smart Dummies
- July 1 Everybirdy's in Wisconsin: One Takes Flight!
- July 31 Training in Full Swing
- August 7 A Sad Day
- August 23 Moving Day: All Cranes Together
- August 24 Sixteen Cranes Mingle and Mix
- August 25 First Group Flight
- August 27-29 Health Checks and Leg Bands
- September 2 Watch Them Flying High!
- September 11 Introducing the Birds and the Team
- September 15 Back in the Air
- September 16 A Record: 29 Minutes in Flight
- September 19 Behind the Scenes
- September 22 Target Date Set
- September 23 Report Cards for Cranes in Training
- September 24 You're in the Cockpit!
- September 29 A Closer Look at Flying Cranes
- October 1 Things Take Time
- October 2 Finding the "Sweet Spot"
- October 6 Getting Ready
- October 7 Standing By: Lead, Chase, Scout
- October 8 Three...Two...One...WAIT!
- October 9 Another No Go
- October 10 Fogged In
- October 11 Fourth Day Delayed
- October 12 Too Much Wind Again
- October 13 Migratory Restlessness But No Go
- October 14 Almost But Not Quite
- October 15 Crosswinds But a Training Flight
- October 16 They're Off!
- October 17 On the Go!
- October 18 Taking a Break
- 0ctober 19 Disappointing morning
- October 20 Is Florida Coming to the Cranes?
- October 21 Standing Down Again
- October 22 Outta There--On Longest Flight Yet!
- October 23 Hello Illinois!
- October 24 Waiting Out the Weather
- October 25 Lucky With Weather: Onward!
- October 26 #303 Flies With Her Flock Again!
- October 27 Cranes Reach Indiana
- October 28 Rained Out
- October 29 Another 49.2 Miles
- October 30 Grounded by Winds
- October 31 Halloween Booo (Hooo). No Go.
- November 1 Onward to Morgan County, Indiana
- November 2 Wind Turns Cranes Back to Morgan County
- November 3 Cranes Turn Back: Still in Morgan County
- November 4 Stalled Again by Weather
- November 5 Still Waiting...
- November 6 Standing Down Again
- November 7 Now in Jackson County, Indiana!
- November 8 Crossing Into Kentucky!
- November 9 Younger Birds Grounded, Older Birds Migrating
- November 10 Cranes Reach 12th Migration Stop
- November 11 Standing Down in Unstable Weather
- November 12 Ho Hum...
- November 13 Losing Their Lead
- November 14 Go Cranes! Adair County, Kentucky
- November 15-16 Yucky Weekend Weather
- November 17 Tracking, Not Traveling
- November 18 No News and Bad News
- November 19 Waiting Out the Weather
- November 20 Goodbye Kentucky, Hello Tennessee
- November 21 Aerial Rodeo: Cranes Say NO to "the Beast"
- November 22 Waiting for Better Conditions
- November 23 Standing Down for Headwinds
- November 24 Standing Down for Rain
- November 25 A Mountainous Challenge
- November 26 Headwinds Force a Rest at Hiwassee
- November 27 A Thanksgiving Message and Day Off
- November 28 Standing Still in Meigs County, TN
- November 29 Still Grounded at Stopover 15
- November 30 Onward to Gordon County, GEORGIA
- December 1 Incredible, Record-setting Flight!
- December 2 GPS Says No Go
- December 3 Still Waiting for the Right Winds
- December 4 Rain,Rain, Go Away
- December 5 Not Today, But Maybe Tomorrow
- December 6 Over the Border to Florida!
- December 7 Gilchrist County: Under 80 Miles To Go!
- December 8 Whoop It Up! Migration Complete
- December 12 New Leg Bands—and New Freedom
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