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| ICF's Sara Zimorski and OM pilot and Mr. Fix-it, Richard van Heuvelen make sure the solar pump and one of the training sites is in working order. The solar-powered pump will ensure adequate fresh water exchange inside the crane enclosures. |
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| The crane dummy/decoy is in place next to the roofed feed station. The young chicks have seen these crane decoys since hatching and its presence will reassure them in their new surroundings. The fenced area beyond the feed station is the wet area where each night the cranes will water roost. |
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| The East site with East Rynearson pond in the background. The mowed area in the middle of the picture is the aircraft training area where the chicks will at first walk, then run behind the aircraft. Eventually this is where they will take their first flights from. |
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| Windway Capitol pilot, Mike Voechting helps to unload one of the cranes after transporting them from the Patuxent facility in Maryland. |
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| Before being released into their new enclosure each crane is x-rayed while still in its crate. This ensures they haven't ingested any foreign objects, and provides project veterinarians a look inside to see that their skeletal structures are forming properly and each is ready for training sessions. |
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