Flown
to Stopover 7! (+59
Miles)
November 6, 2010: Migration Day 28
Today's
departure from Livingston County, IL.
Video: David Boyd, Operation Migration
After
a quick test flight to check winds up high, pilot Richard moved
in to launch with the cranes at 8:05 a.m.. See it on the video above!
They were off to cover 59 miles of southward progress.
At 9:44 they
landed
in Piatt County, Illinois. Hooray! All but one bird
formed up with Richard upon takeoff. The video clip shows #2-10 quickly
dropping out and circling back to the pen. Pilot Brooke flew back
to coax #2
to fly solo with him and his trike.
But #2 bird was not getting with that program. He got to the new site,
but in a crate. For the other ten, we celebrate a safe landing
at a new location!
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