[wisb] Re: WPR crane story
- From: "Tom Schultz" <trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <dedlnr@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:21:52 -0500
John, the 10 young Whooping Cranes at White River Marsh (near Princeton)
arrived at this new pen site in late June, and were trained to follow
ultralight aircraft by the folks with Operation Migration. I was involved
with this project as the tour coordinator for visitors wishing to observe
the flight training from a blind near the runway. The birds started their
migration with the ultralights to their first portable pen site on Sunday,
October 8th -- but unfortunately they have been kept on the ground since
then by windy weather. Perhaps the flying conditions will improve by the
weekend.
Information about the daily activities of this current Operation Migration
project is available at: http://operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html
The eight young Whooping Cranes at Horicon originated from the International
Crane Foundation, and arrived at the Horicon pen site a few weeks ago. This
project is called the Direct Autumn Release (DAR). These birds are not
being trained to follow an ultralight, but will instead be released to
migrate to Florida on their own -- hopefully by following other cranes.
This DAR program took place at Necedah NWR in previous years (as did the
Operation Migration flight training of separate flocks of Whoopers).
I hope this provides more information.
Tom Schultz
Green Lake Co.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Krerowicz
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 6:50 PM
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wisb] WPR crane story
I heard on Wis. Public Radio this afternoon a story about the Intl. Crane
Fdtn's work with whooping cranes at Horicon. I thought the Fdtn had training
at Necedah then at Princeton but that Horicon was still in planning stages?
John K
Kenosha Co.
John Krerowicz
dedlnr@xxxxxxxxxxx
####################
You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding
Network (Wisbirdn).
To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn
To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn
Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn
####################
You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding
Network (Wisbirdn).
To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn
To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn
Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn
Other related posts: