Hello,
TENNESSEE! (+116
Miles)
November 26, 2010: Migration Day 48
Photo Operation Migration
Yee-HAW! Skipping over a stop in good flying conditions, the birds and trikes crossed out of Kentucky today and landed in Carroll County, Tennessee! This is the longest flight distance yet for the Class of 2010. It was also the first time the lead pilot performed an air pickup by flying low past the pen at the moment of release instead of landing and taking off with the cranes! Today's lead pilot was Joe; they took off at 7:24 central time and landed at 10:10. Go cranes!
Last
time #2-10 took off with the other but soon dropped out. Joe got
him up again, but he dropped out a second time. He gave trackers
quite
a workout before they got him in the crate to drive him to Union
County, KY. The ground crew's Trish wrote: "I have hoped and
prayed and wished for #2 to fly with his flock mates. Each
time
we
go, I
wish
him good
flying.
Each
time
he
lands
out,
I track him down and hope for a better next time. But I’m
finally facing the possibility that #2 just isn’t going to
fly to Florida. And I wonder if it’s smart to keep chasing
him down in fields and woods during hunting season. . .That was
an ordeal! But at least
he had another chance to fly." Did he fly today? See his bio
page and scroll down to Day 48, Nov. 26. Check out #6-10's day,
too!
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