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Fall Ultralight-Guided Whooping Crane Migration
Wisconsin to Florida
Date: October 26 - 29, 2004
Standing Down - LaSalle County, IL
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| With the brightening eastern sky as a backdrop, the pilots attach
the large wing to Brooke's trike. |
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| A doubtful Brooke takes off and veers on our southeasterly course
to test wind conditions on Oct. 26th. At 600 ft. he was progressing
at only 16 mph--with a 57-mile leg ahead they would have run out of
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| On Oct. 27th a harvest moon rose slowly over the eastern
horizon... |
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| At 8:30 we began watching the lunar eclipse... |
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From left: Heather Ray, Vicky Trabold, Robert Doyle, Brooke
Pennypacker, Gerald Murphy, Sandy Ulrikson, Mark Nipper, Gerry
Ulrikson, Tatiana Zhuchkova, Joe Duff and Dan Sprague, crowd inside
Deke Clark's motorhome to discuss our lack of progress.
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New teammate Walt Sturgeon, joins Heather and Vicky to catch up on
emails....
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On Thursday we sought out a rare visitor to this area; a Vermillion
flycatcher. Apparently this confused little fella has been in IL for
the past month, likely blown north from his normal range in Texas or
Arizona.
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On Friday we accepted an invitation from OM supporter Karen Fernweger
to visit her workplace; Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.
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From left: Brooke, birthday girl Tatiana, Heather, Sara Zimorski,
Sandy, Gerry, Richard van Heuvelen, and Gerald.
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