2005 whooping cranes on southern migration

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Oct 28, 2005 11:26 pm

the class of 2005 (20 young birds) raised in wisconsin, is on its way to florida. they are being led by ultra-lights. today they crossed the illinois-indiana state line and are in benton county, indiana. to follow their progress go to
www.operationmigration.org click on "in the field" or "field journal" located on the left side of the page. there also is a chart that shows where the adult birds from the previous 4 years are/were located.
phloxywis

petal*pusher · Post by **petal*pusher** » Oct 29, 2005 10:20 am

Thanks for posting this info! Quite interesting site.....p

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Nov 01, 2005 9:09 pm

the cranes flew 49.1 miles today and are now in boone county, indiana. 337.9 total miles so far.
phloxywis

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » Nov 01, 2005 11:34 pm

Thanks phloxywis!!!

bloomsaplenty · Post by **bloomsaplenty** » Nov 02, 2005 6:20 pm

What an enjoyable site, have passed it on to the "birders" in my garden club.

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Nov 02, 2005 8:49 pm

thanks everyone. this site is also interesting in the spring when the cranes fly their northern migration. today they flew 55.2 miles and are now around indianapolis and in morgan county, indiana. total miles flown--393.1.
www.operationmigration.org
phloxywis

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » Nov 02, 2005 10:05 pm

No, Thank-YOU! I passed this site on to a bird forum.....

PeggyC · Post by **PeggyC** » Nov 03, 2005 8:49 am

I love it when you post this every year! Thanks so much!

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Nov 17, 2005 11:37 am

the cranes finally had good flying weather and are now in shelby county, kentucky. they had a lot of down-time in indiana due to poor weather conditions and also lost 1 crane.

phloxywis

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Nov 21, 2005 7:25 pm

because they had a good tailwind today, the cranes were able to skip over the next scheduled stop in kentucky and are now in cumberland county tennessee. they arrived in poor weather, but all cranes and personel landed safely. they flew 116.3 miles today. total miles flown are 644.4. they are almost one-half way to florida.

phloxywis

Pandora · Post by **Pandora** » Nov 23, 2005 9:20 am

Very interesting.

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Nov 25, 2005 11:01 pm

the cranes flew 47.7 miles today and are now at Hiwassee Refuge in Miegs Co., Tn. today was perhaps the most difficult day of the trip as they had to climb to over 2,500 feet to clear the Cumberland Ridge, part of the appalachian mountains. next stop georgia!
phloxywis

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Dec 01, 2005 10:33 am

hooray!! the cranes have advanced and are now in georgia! there were many difficulties yesterday, but they were able to move on and are now in gordon county.
phloxywis

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Dec 01, 2005 10:27 pm

today the cranes had good tailwinds and flew 101 miles---skipping 1 stop. they are now in pike county, georgia. total accumulated miles 860.4 miles.
phloxywis

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » Dec 01, 2005 10:42 pm

Thanks, phloxywis

Linda P · Post by **Linda P** » Dec 03, 2005 5:13 pm

I'm glad to see they are closing in on their goal. What a tough time they've had this year. I haven't checked the website lately, so I do appreciate you updating us here, phloxywis!
Linda P

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Dec 07, 2005 12:44 am

the cranes skipped a stop today and flew 97 miles--total accumulated miles 957.4. they are now in terrell county, georgia. florida is in sight.
phloxywis

oldcoot · Post by **oldcoot** » Dec 07, 2005 3:02 pm

OC never ceases to be amazed at the migratory proweress of birds. Hummers to Cost Rica, others to texas. Thank you Lord...John

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Dec 10, 2005 8:55 pm

the pilots had a rough day today. the cranes did not want to battle the winds. they all were in flight--and 7 advanced to the next stop in cook co. ga.----but 12 turned around and went back to the starting point in terrell co. ga. with the next flight, they plan to bring the 12 stragglers to cook co. georgia so there again will be one group. there's a lot more verbage on today's flight at
www.operationmigration.org

phloxywis

phloxywis · Post by **phloxywis** » Dec 12, 2005 5:47 pm

the cranes flew 90 plus miles today and are in gilchrist county florida. weather permitting, they'll make their last flight tomorrow.
phloxywis

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2005 whooping cranes on southern migration

2005 whooping cranes on southern migration

cranes onward to boone county, indiana

Whooping Crane Migration

cranes fly to morgan county, indiana

Kentucky--finally!!

Cranes Squeak into Tennessee

Cranes Half-Way to Florida

cranes move into georgia

pike county, georgia

onward to terrell county, georgia

Thanks for keeping us posted

cranes divided,7 advance to cook co. ga.-12 back to terrell

florida-----gilchrist county