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First solo-northward migration flight HOME to
central Wisconsin...
Scroll down to see more images as they arrive.
March 31, 2004
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Credit: R. Urbanek
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| Juvenile Whooping cranes 301, 303, 305, 309, 312, 316, 318 &
319 departed the wintering area pen location at the Chassahowitzka
NWR in Crystal Co., FL on the morning of March 30th, 2004. They
landed at 4:25p.m. the same day in Lowndes County, Georgia (above)
after migration conditions deteriorated. |
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April 1 - 3 2004 |
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Credit: R. Urbanek
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The determined group of eight young Whooping cranes put down on
Apr. 1st in a forested area of North Carolina, after encountering
headwinds and drizzle. Someone apparently tried to cross this river
on April 2nd to attempt to "catch one of
them."
WHY?
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April 9, 2004
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Credit: R. Urbanek
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Cranes 301, 305, 309, 318, and 319 landed to roost in a marsh in southwest
Michigan.
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April 10,
2004
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Credit: R. Urbanek
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Cranes 301, 305, 309, 318 & 319 landed to roost for the night in a
large marsh along the Paw Paw River in Berrien County, Michigan.
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April 11, 2004
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Cranes 301, 305, 309, 318 & 319 return south to west-central Ohio
after realizing they were on the wrong side of Lake Michigan.
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Cranes 303, 312 & 316 feeding in a small cornfield, also in
west-central Ohio.
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