Hi everyone, Operation Migration, the group that has taught young Whooping Cranes a migration route from Wisconsin to Florida for the past 11 years, has voluntarily grounded its current migration in northwest Alabama while it waits for the Federal Aviation Administration either to grant or deny its application for a waiver to a rule that governs pilot pay. The birds are just over halfway along the 1,285-mile migration route. You can read about the latest developments on our blog at BirdWatchingDaily.com. Cranes spend 24th day grounded in Alabama because of FAA pilot-pay rule http://bit.ly/wTEbZC --Matt Mendenhall Associate Editor, BirdWatching Brookfield, Waukesha County http://www.birdwatchingdaily.com http://twitter.com/mdmendenhall #################### 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