Crane #4-14: Migration Complete

May 15, 2015: The two youngsters took a couple of tentative steps together and then launched into the air. "They flew out over their former pen site and then circled back and flew over our heads," said Heather, "eventually disappearing into the fog to the south. As we were breaking down the two crates, I glanced back to the grass training strip and there they were, standing in front of the pen…" Their unusual journey north was finally complete!

Image: Doug Pellerin