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Fall Ultralight-Guided Whooping Crane Migration
Wisconsin to Florida
Date: October 20, 2004
Day Eleven - Green County, WI (STILL!)
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| Richard, Joe & Brooke prepare to take-off at 8:40 am as the
windsock on the right hangs down, indicating little, or no wind.
Just after the trikes were airborne our migration host informed me
that he had placed a brick inside the sock in a futile attempt to
get rid of us - payback for my suggesting to him that he should
start shopping around for a bigger Thanksgiving turkey... |
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| At 8:44 Richard takes off from the secluded crane enclosure with
several young birds in tow. You can tell by the trees in the
distance that the air is full of moisture. |
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| Richard van Heuvelen appears over the Operation Migration aircraft
trailer with nine juvenile Whooping cranes in pursuit of his
ultralight. |
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| Once they caught up to him they seemed to form up nicely... |
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Brooke Pennypacker appears next with the remaining five birds.
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Unfortunately, they soon decided to turn back toward their pen site.
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Joe has picked up two of Richard's original nine followers...
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Until they also refuse to follow, deciding instead to turn back and
land beside their enclosure.
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