October-December, 2008 Follow the story of 16 endangered Whooping Crane chicks making their first journey south as ultralight airplane "parents" teach them the way. Welcome to New Participants! >> Get Started Fall Winter & Spring Map/Data Meet the Cranes Migration News >> Fall 2008 Spring 2008 Enjoy! Stories, activities, videos, pictures, and slideshows for kids >> Fall Migration Begins in October Get Ready for the Migration! Learn about the "Class of 2008" from egg to first flight. Then join their first migration from October to December. >> Explore! Lessons, Activities and Information for the Classroom >> Questions Asked by students and answered by the expert >> Other News Classrooms in Action: Students Helping Cranes >> How You Can Help Whooping Cranes >>     In Collaboration with Operation Migration and the entire Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership "The wildlife equivalent to putting a man on the moon!" --Marshall Jones, USFWS, on the human-assisted migrations to reintroduce whooping cranes to Eastern North America     This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2008 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.