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A little over a year ago (in Oct. 2006) I wrote about a group that was training whooping cranes to migrate using several ultralight aircraft. The Times-Free Press is reporting that they arrived at the Hiwassee Refuge on Saturday for this year’s Wisconsin-to-Florida migration. According to the Liz Condie of Operation Migration, this is the longest migration they’ve worked with to date.

The group is waiting for a clear morning to take off and continue the migration. I suspect they did this morning, since it’s quite clear … which disappoints me in a way, because I would have liked to have watched them take off. Maybe next year (or tomorrow, if I find out they didn’t leave today).

I guess it goes without saying that I think this is all pretty cool.