Cohort 1 flying in ground effect behind pilot Chris Gullikson during yesterday’s flight training.
Back in the wet pen after flight training, several Cohort 1 birds forage (background) while others keep an eye on the costume.
The substrate in the wet pen at Site 1 has been catching the birds up so the crew have been afraid to let them out there on their own. With the weather they’ve been having at Necedah the chicks are all eager to get in the water so the crew swung into action.
They partitioned off a corner at the entrance and tried to pack the mud down to make it safer for the birds. The muddy costumes in the photo belong to Chris Gullikson and Robert Doyle. Oh the glamour of being an OM pilot eh Chris?
