[BCNnet] CRANES SET ENDURANCE RECORD
John & Jane Balaban
balx2@comcast.net
Thu, 4 Dec 2003 09:15:52 -0600
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CRANES SET ENDURANCE RECORD: The third-generation of whooping cranes,=20
on an ultra-light aircraft guided migration from Wisconsin to Florida,=20
have almost reached their destination after a marathon one-day 200 mile=20
flight, the longest ever for Operation Migration says the St.=20
Petersburg Times 12/2. "Rough weather and poor wind conditions have=20
grounded the cranes for 30 of the 47 days, with the journey over the=20
Appalachian Mountains being "particularly difficult." Some of the=20
older birds from the previous two years' migration have already=20
returned to Florida's Chessahowitzka N.W.R. "unaided by human guides"=20
and the 16 birds from this year's flock could arrive at the refuge as=20
early as Thursday, December 4.
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2><FONT size=3D3>CRANES SET ENDURANCE RECORD: =
The=20
third-generation of whooping cranes, <BR>on an ultra-light aircraft =
guided=20
migration from Wisconsin to Florida, <BR>have almost reached their =
destination=20
after a marathon one-day 200 mile <BR>flight, the longest ever for =
Operation=20
Migration says the St. <BR>Petersburg Times 12/2. =93Rough weather =
and poor=20
wind conditions have <BR>grounded the cranes for 30 of the 47 days, with =
the=20
journey over the <BR>Appalachian Mountains being =93particularly =
difficult.=94 =20
Some of the <BR>older birds from the previous two years=92 migration =
have already=20
<BR>returned to Florida=92s Chessahowitzka N.W.R. =93unaided by human =
guides=94=20
<BR>and the 16 birds from this year=92s flock could arrive at the refuge =
as=20
<BR>early as Thursday, December 4.</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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