Jan.
15, 1011 |
Migration
Complete for Chass Five: 1,285 miles |
![Chicks exit the shipping crates in which they flew from Maryland to Wisconsin.](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/journeynorth.org/images/graphics/crane/10/arr_1_geoff_tarbox_tn.jpg) |
Photo Geoff Tarbox, Operation Migration |
![The shipping crates in which the young chicks flew from Maryland to Wisconsin.](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/journeynorth.org/images/graphics/crane/10/arr_2_geoff_tarbox_tn.jpg) |
Photo
Geoff Tarbox, Operation Migration |
![Ground school begins for the young chicks when they are just a few days old.](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/journeynorth.org/images/graphics/crane/10/1001_BP_JDuffTN.jpg) |
Photo
Joe Duff, Operation Migration |
![Newborn chick in the hands of a scientist at the captive breeding center in Maryland.](https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/journeynorth.org/images/graphics/crane/10/Baby1006_200.jpg) |
Photo
Operation Migration |
|
Jan.
14, 1011 |
Migration for the Chass Five starts again: Arrival
Flyover Celebration |
Dec.
25 |
The
banded St. Marks five are set
free! |
Dec.
17 |
The
migration stops out for weather delays, the holidays,
and preparations at Chassahowitzka
NWR |
Dec.
15 |
Migration
Complete for St. Marks Five: 1,113.9 miles |
Nov.
27 |
Halfway
mark passed! |
Oct.
25 |
11
DAR chicks (already banded) released near older, wild
Whooping cranes on Necedah
NWR |
Oct. 10 |
Migration 2010 is underway! |
Oct.
5 |
Target
date for migration. |
July 27 |
Chicks
#4-10 and #11-10 arrived at Necedah NWR on July 27 after
a 1,000 mile road trip from Laurel, MD to join fellow chicks
in the Class of
2010. |
July 20 |
Today
11 chicks for Direct Autumn Release (DAR) arrived from ICF,
where
the birds were hatched and raised by costumed biologists. The
chicks
will spend the remainder of the summer at the refuge, under
the watchful eye and supervision of costumed staff from ICF
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They will be set
free this fall to learn the migration
route by following older cranes heading south. |
July
9 |
Cohort
Two birds (#10-10, #15-10, #16-10, and #17-10) arrive in Wisconsin
and will stay at the Canfield pen site until they
are ready to be joined with Cohort One birds later. |
June
30 |
Cohort
One birds (1-10, 2-10, 3-10, 5-10, 6-10, 8-10, 9-10)
arrive in Wisconsin in individual crates aboard a private plane.
(Chick
#4-10, recovering from an infection, will come later.) |
May
1 |
Chicks
for the Class of 2010 began hatching at Maryland's
Patuxent WRC.
Chicks start training with the trike (without its wing) when they
are just a few days old. |