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Photo Journal - Week one of the 2005 migration.

Joe snapped this photo from his ultralight during a training session at Necedah.
  

Richard leads 19 birds from Southern Juneau County to Sauk County, Wisconsin, with beautiful fall colors below.

Joe tests out the new wing without top-wires that have caused problems in the past.
  
 
Brooke Pennypacker takes off with 19 Whooping cranes from our Sauk County location.
 
Richard van Heuvelen leads one bird in a circle, gaining altitude out of a valley.

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.

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.

Flying over a cattle pasture, Richard leads one crane from Sauk County to Green County, Wisconsin.

This bird is surfing the wave of air spilling off of the left wing of Joe's ultralight.

These cranes are putting their landing gear down in preparation for arrival in Green County, Wisconsin.

Angie Maxted snapped these close-ups of 526 inside the pen in Green County, Wisconsin.

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