Highlights and Migration for Hatch Year 2003

• April 21 First Chick Hatched!
• April 22 Imprinting: Who Am I?
• April 24 Learning to Eat
• April 26 Weighing In
• April 27 First Lessons
• April 28 Growing and Exercising
• April 30 Learning From Role Models
• May 10 The Plane and the Plan
• May 23 Hello, World! All Chicks Hatched
• June 18 Wisconsin Gets Ready for Whooper Chicks
• June 19 Goodbye Patuxent, Hello Necedah
• June 21 Flight School Begins
• June 25 Smart Dummies
• July 1 Everybirdy's in Wisconsin: One Takes Flight!
• July 31 Training in Full Swing
• August 7 A Sad Day
• August 23 Moving Day: All Cranes Together
• August 24 Sixteen Cranes Mingle and Mix
• August 25 First Group Flight
• August 27-29 Health Checks and Leg Bands
• September 2 Watch Them Flying High!
• September 11 Introducing the Birds and the Team
• September 15 Back in the Air
• September 16 A Record: 29 Minutes in Flight
• September 19 Behind the Scenes
• September 22 Target Date Set
• September 23 Report Cards for Cranes in Training
• September 24 You're in the Cockpit!
• September 29 A Closer Look at Flying Cranes
• October 1 Things Take Time
• October 2 Finding the "Sweet Spot"
• October 6 Getting Ready
• October 7 Standing By: Lead, Chase, Scout
• October 8 Three...Two...One...WAIT!
• October 9 Another No Go
• October 10 Fogged In
• October 11 Fourth Day Delayed
• October 12 Too Much Wind Again
• October 13 Migratory Restlessness But No Go
• October 14 Almost But Not Quite
• October 15 Crosswinds But a Training Flight

The Migration

• October 16 They're Off!
• October 17 On the Go!
• October 18 Taking a Break
• 0ctober 19 Disappointing morning
• October 20 Is Florida Coming to the Cranes?
• October 21 Standing Down Again
• October 22 Outta There--On Longest Flight Yet!
• October 23 Hello Illinois!
• October 24 Waiting Out the Weather
• October 25 Lucky With Weather: Onward!
• October 26 #303 Flies With Her Flock Again!
• October 27 Cranes Reach Indiana
• October 28 Rained Out
• October 29 Another 49.2 Miles
• October 30 Grounded by Winds
• October 31 Halloween Booo (Hooo). No Go.
• November 1 Onward to Morgan County, Indiana
• November 2 Wind Turns Cranes Back to Morgan County
• November 3 Cranes Turn Back: Still in Morgan County
• November 4 Stalled Again by Weather
• November 5 Still Waiting...
• November 6 Standing Down Again
• November 7 Now in Jackson County, Indiana!
• November 8 Crossing Into Kentucky!
• November 9 Younger Birds Grounded, Older Birds Migrating
• November 10 Cranes Reach 12th Migration Stop
• November 11 Standing Down in Unstable Weather
• November 12 Ho Hum...
• November 13 Losing Their Lead
• November 14 Go Cranes! Adair County, Kentucky
• November 15-16 Yucky Weekend Weather
• November 17 Tracking, Not Traveling
• November 18 No News and Bad News
• November 19 Waiting Out the Weather
• November 20 Goodbye Kentucky, Hello Tennessee
• November 21 Aerial Rodeo: Cranes Say NO to "the Beast"
• November 22 Waiting for Better Conditions
• November 23 Standing Down for Headwinds
• November 24 Standing Down for Rain
• November 25 A Mountainous Challenge
• November 26 Headwinds Force a Rest at Hiwassee
• November 27 A Thanksgiving Message and Day Off
• November 28 Standing Still in Meigs County, TN
• November 29 Still Grounded at Stopover 15
• November 30 Onward to Gordon County, GEORGIA
• December 1 Incredible, Record-setting Flight!
• December 2 GPS Says No Go
• December 3 Still Waiting for the Right Winds
• December 4 Rain,Rain, Go Away
• December 5 Not Today, But Maybe Tomorrow
• December 6 Over the Border to Florida!
• December 7 Gilchrist County: Under 80 Miles To Go!
• December 8 Whoop It Up! Migration Complete
• December 12 New Leg Bands—and New Freedom

• Meet the Flock and Meet the Team