Whooping Crane
Whooping
Crane Eastern Flock
Chicks on First Fall
Migration 2011
Follow the daily news and make your own map of the migration. Plot the approximate migration data below on a hand-made map, or purchase this recommended map. (Exact locations slighty skewed to protect isolation and safety of the cranes.)
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Stopover |
County |
State |
Lat (N) |
Long (W) |
Total Distance Traveled |
| Start | Green Lake | WI | 44.00 | -89.00 | Start | |
| 1 | Green Lake | WI | 43.75 | -89.05 | 5 | |
| 2 | Marquette | WI | 43.60 | -89.22 | 19 | |
| 3 | Columbia | WI | 43.23 | -89.40 | 47 | |
| 4 | Green | WI | 42.68 | -89.23 | 85 | |
| 5 | Winnebago |
IL |
42.23 | -89.22 |
120 |
|
| 6 | LaSalle | IL | 41.48 | -88.58 | 175 | |
| 7 | Livingston | IL | 40.72 | -88.40 | 230 | |
| 8 | Piatt | IL | 39.87 | -88.60 | 289 | |
| 9 | Cumberland | IL | 39.10 | -88.40 | 345 | |
| 10 | Wayne | IL | 38.22 | -88.17 | 408 | |
| 11 | Union | KY | 37.88 | -88.25 | 453 | |
| 12 | Marshall | KY | 36.72 | -88.32 | 516 | |
| 13 | Carroll | TN | 35.97 | -88.27 | 569 | |
| 14 | Hardin | TN | 35.03 | -88.07 | 636 | |
| 15 | Franklin | AL | 34.33 | -87.60 | 693 | |
| unplanned | Franklin #2 | AL | ||||
| unplanned | Winston | AL | ||||
| 16 | Walker | AL | 33.68 | -87.15 | 746 | |
| 17 | Chilton | AL | 32.92 | -86.75 | 804 | |
| 18 | Lowndes | AL | 32.12 | -86.50 | 850 | |
| 19 | Pike | AL | 32.12 | -86.50 | 914 | |
| unplanned | Franklin | AL | ||||
| unplanned | Winston | AL | 34.1400 | -87.3700 | ||
| FINISH (new plan) |
Wheeler NWR | AL | 34.5400 | -88.9800 | via road | |
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