Eastern Flock Year Four: Fall 2004 Who's Traveling? Meet the Flock and Meet the Team Learn about the cranes from egg to first flight. Then join their first migration during October and November! New for Kids! Printable, nonfiction reading booklets at links below help kids build background knowledge. Tracking the Migration (Highlights, Map and Data Posted Here Daily During the Migration)       October 10: Migration Begins! October 11: Cranes Go Another 22.7 Miles into WI October 12: Grounded by Fog in Sauk County, WI October 13: All 14 Birds Fly! October 14: Winds & Rain Keep Them Down October 15: Stuck in Green County, WI October 16-17: Woeful Weekend Weather in Green County, WI October 18: No Go Again. Why? October 19: Still Waiting October 20: Crane Wrangling in Humidity Leads to Another No Go October 21: Hello Illinois! October 22: Standing Down for Headwinds October 23: Rain and Wind Delay October 24: Eleven Fly to LaSalle County, IL October 25: Headwinds Turn Them Back October 26: No Go: They'd Run Out of Gas October 27: Still Grounded by Headwinds October 28: Headwinds Again! October 29: Warm Temps and Headwinds Prevent Progress October 30: Wind Advisory: Day Six of Delays in LaSalle County, IL October 31: Hooray! Last Stop in Illinois November 1: Down for the Weather Again November 2: Drizzle Fizzles Flight Plans November 3: 3rd Day Delayed in Kankakee Cty, IL November 4: Rain and Fog Keep Them in Kankakee County November 5: Boone County, INDIANA! November 6: Still in Boone County, WIND-IANA November 7: Woo HOO! Now in Morgan County, IN November 8: More Progress Today November 9: Delayed by Headwinds at Last Stop in Wind-iana November 10: Another Delay Day Brings Good News and Bad News November 11: Rain Rain Go Away November 12: Another Weather Stall in Jennnings Cty, IN November 13: A Small Gain, But Still in Indiana November 14: Crossing Into Kentucky! November 15: Best Flight Yet! November 16: Adair County: Still Lucky in Kentucky November 17: Halfway: Cumberland County, TENNESSEE! November 18: Hooray! Crossing "The Beast" November 19: A Rainy Day to Rest November 20: Going Nowhere November 21: No Go: Fog Blankets the Refuge November 22: Migration Stalled by Fog Again November 23: Winds Calm, But Rains Heavy November 24: Sixth Day Down November 25: Too Windy to Fly November 26: Away to GEORGIA--and Searching for a Runaway Crane November 27: Gales Ground Migration November 28: Still Too Windy November 29: Possible Afternoon Flight Today November 30: Approaching Storm Prevents Climbing Out of "Bowl" December1: No Go: Wind Damages Ultralight December 2: 62.3 Miles Gained! December 3: Yahoo! Longest Flight Yet December 4: Hello, FLORIDA! Only 140 Miles to Go December 5: Not Even 80 Miles to Go! December 6: Resting December 7: Holding Pattern: No Finish Today December 8: Standing Down and a New Plan December 9: Still Holding: Too Warm and Windy December 10: Waiting. . . December 11: Sad News, and One More Day to Wait December 12: Whoopee! Home at Last December 17: Flying Free Getting Ready for the Fall Migration: Nonfiction Booklets Welcome How to Print and Fold PDF Booklets   Whooping Crane Comeback Booklet (PDF) Teacher Tips Slide Show Who Am I? Imprinting Booklet (PDF) Teacher Tips Slide Show Off to Flight School: Finding Their Wings Booklet (PDF) Teacher Tips Slide Show Life at "Camp O.M." Booklet (PDF) Teacher Tips Slide Show Meet the New Eastern Flock Booklet (PDF) Teacher Tips Slide Show Countdown to Migration Booklet (PDF) Teacher Tips Slide Show From Egg to Sky Timeline of Key Events for 2004 Chicks Timeline     Produced in Collaboration with the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership Copyright 2004 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form