Crane Box

November, 2014: Cranes #4 and #10 were held back on the last three flights in November because they had dropped out of earlier flights and decoyed the other birds to land out with them. It's not their fault: Crane 4’s issues started with his leg injury, and Crane 10 learned the wrong lesson after weeks of not flying due to all the bad-weather days in the north. They traveled much of this migration in cardboard boxes like this, covering the miles aboard a van. Team member Heather Ray is in the background.

Image: Operation Migration