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Joe snapped this photo from his ultralight during a training
session at Necedah.
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Richard leads 19 birds from Southern Juneau County to Sauk
County, Wisconsin, with beautiful fall colors below.
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Joe tests out the new wing without top-wires that have caused
problems in the past.
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Brooke Pennypacker takes off with 19 Whooping cranes from our
Sauk County location.
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Richard van Heuvelen leads one bird in a circle, gaining altitude
out of a valley.
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Don and Paula Lounsbury fly top-cover in their Cessna. They help
spot birds from above in case one starts to deviate from our
migration path.
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Brooke Pennypacker takes flight from Sauk County to Green County,
Wisconsin. This photo was taken a few minutes before 516 became
entangled in the top-wires supporting Brook's ultralight.
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Flying over a cattle pasture, Richard leads one crane from Sauk
County to Green County, Wisconsin.
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This bird is surfing the wave of air spilling off of the left
wing of Joe's ultralight.
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These cranes are putting their landing gear down in
preparation for arrival in Green County, Wisconsin.
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Angie Maxted snapped these close-ups of 526 inside the pen in
Green County, Wisconsin.
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