Countdown to Migration: September 12, 2008 | ||||
Today's Report Includes:
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Orientation & Welcome to New Participants >> |
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Chick Chat: From Sixteen to Fifteen | ||||
It was an eventful week at Flight School in Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, another six young Whooping cranes in Wisconsin are being readied for release to follow older cranes on migration this fall. These are the DAR (Direct Autumn Release) birds. Like the ultralight-led chicks, each DAR chick has its own bio page on Journey North. >> Meet them!
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Visit a training session in this clip! Listen for the crane brood call (Crane-glish for “follow me!”) playing over the plane’s loudspeaker. What else do you hear? |
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Training Timeline: Red-letter Dates | Timeline Events >> | |||
Which events from the past week will you add to your own timeline for this year's migration? See milestones, links, and key events for the newest members of the Eastern flock here:
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Meet the Flock: Crane Quiz #2 | Print the Quiz >> | |||
In last week's quiz you learned that the age difference between the oldest and the youngest chick is 41 days. How do you suppose age difference affects the chicks' training progress and flying skills? Click on photos here to learn more about each chick:
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QUIZ #2 1. Which chick survived an attack by her brother, only to be so stressed that her feathers didn't grow well enough for her to stay with the Class of 2008? 2. Which DAR (Direct Autumn Release) chick is still timid and easily spooked? 3. Which Cohort 3 chick was the first in her group to fledge, and is the best flier in that group? 4. Which chick has been responsible for the loss of three birds in the Class of 2008? |
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Booklet: "Who Am I? Imprinting" | Teacher Guide >> | |||
Why must everyone within eyesight of the baby cranes hide in baggy white sacks and always keep silent? How do these chicks know they are Whooping cranes and not another kind of bird? Find out how experts help these baby cranes imprint correctly on their species as they are being raised and trained. That's the topic of the second booklet of our pre-migration series of six titles. Plan on a different booklet each week to build background for the coming migration. Each comes in a matching Web slide show as well as .pdf format ready to print, fold, and enjoy.
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Change4Cranes: Win a Classroom Visit | Details >> | |||
The
folks at Operation Migration, who conduct the chicks' fall ultralight-led
migration that
schools follow on Journey North, have an exciting offer for you. Sign
up for their Change4Cranes kit before September
30 and you could win a classroom visit by a member of the Operation
Migration team!
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Free Operation
Migration Change4Cranes Kit |
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Whooping Crane Festival September 20: You're Invited! | ||||
Countdown to Migration: Posted Fridays | Bookmark the
Whooping Crane Home Page
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Weekly
Summaries are posted (by email) to registered participants on FRIDAYS:
Sep 5, 12, 19, 26; Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Nov. 7, 14, 21 — or
until this year's newest Eastern flock chicks reach their winter home
in
Florida! |
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More
Whooping Crane Lessons
and Teaching Ideas! |
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