| Comparing Ultralight-Led Migrations |
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| 2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
|
| Target date for departure | October 13 |
Oct. 7 and then Oct. 10 |
October
8 |
|
| Actual departure | October 17 |
October 13 |
October 16 | |
| Number of birds at takeoff | 8 |
17 |
16 |
|
| Number of planes | 4: lead, chase, & scout ultralights and one top cover |
5:
four ultralights and one top cover |
5:
four ultralights and one top cover |
|
| Journey's end | December 3 |
Nov. 30 |
Dec.
8 |
|
| Number of birds reaching Florida | 7 |
16 |
16 |
|
| Total days en route | 48 |
49 |
54 |
|
| Number of no-fly days (grounded or turned back) | 24 |
28 |
34
(includes 4 days when they turned back and made no progress) |
|
| Number of actual flight days (progress made) | 24 |
21 |
20 |
|
| Longest flight | 2 hours 9 minutes |
2 hours 15 minutes |
3
hours 4 minutes(200 miles)--covering most of GA. New record! |
|
| Shortest flight | 38 minutes |
44 minutes |
41 minutes |
|
| Total Miles South | 1217.8 |
1202.8 |
1191 |
|
| Number of birds surviving winter/returning to Wisconsin | 5 |
16 |
16
survived but 12 returned to WI . (#319 was killed
in summer in MI by bobcat; 3 others stayed in MI all summer.) |
|
| Days on Wintering Grounds | 126 |
121 |
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NOTES:
Journey
North is pleased to feature this educational adventure made possible by
the Whooping
Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP).
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