| Day 54 - Georgia |
Crossing the final ridges in Georgia. |
| Whooping crane #418 -
wmv file |
Crane #418 spends time at the Hiwassee State Wildlife
Refuge in Meigs Co., TN in the company of six former ultralight-guided
migration graduates. |
| Day 33 - '03 Migration |
See how the cranes alleviate boredom. |
| Day 19 - '03
Migration |
Exercise day in Morgan county, IN. |
| Day 12 - '03 Migration |
(1802 kb) Lift-off from Kankakee county, IL. October
27th. |
| Garter Lunch |
(1153 kb) Two chicks hunt down a Garter snake. |
| Crane 203 |
On an early fall training flight at Necedah, one crane
apparently broke away from the long line trailing Brooke. Joe caught
up with the bird and quickly realized it was the female, #203, which
had recently been retrieved from South Dakota and released at the Necedah
NWR. |
| The Dance |
(4.29mb-worth the wait) Some of the returning yearlings
celebrate chasing off a goose, during their stay in Indiana in the
spring of '03 |
| A Whooper is Born! |
(817kb) Watch as a new chick emerges from its egg |
| Learning to eat |
(139kb) The puppet teaches to new chick to eat |
| Learning to be a Whooping crane |
(782kb) Each new chick is housed next to an adult
Whooper |
| Early aircraft conditioning |
(1396kb) Chicks learn to follow the trike during
circle-pen training |
| 2001 Migration is underway! |
(224kb) Follow along on a flight over Indiana |
| From the wingtip camera |
(685kb) Crane #6 in the lead position |
| Bath-time |
(156kb) The cranes take a refreshing dip after a long
flight |
