Follow the Fall 2009 Migration   On November 15 of the 2009 journey south, Operation Migration pilots flew the 10,000th mile in the 9-year-old reintroduction of Whooping cranes to Eastern North America.   Daily Migration Updates Who's Traveling?  November 20: No Go. Fog and Guns November 19: No Go. Still Raining! November 18: No Go. Rained Out November 17: No Go. Racing Winds November 16: No Go. New Waiting Game Starts November 15: Whoop It Up! Stopover #6 November 14: No Go. Still Stuck November 13: No Go. Warming Air + Headwinds November 12: No Go. Gusts Ground Team Again November 11: No Go. Another Take-off and Turn-back November 10: No Go. Crosswinds Aloft November 9: No Go. But a Try Before Turning Back November 8: No Go. Down Day #3 at This Stop November 7: No Go. Waiting Out the Winds November 6: No Go. Winds Against Them November 5: Hello, ILLINOIS! November 4: No Go. Unflyable Weather November 3: Final Stop Before the Border! November 2: No Go. Down at Stopover #3 November 1: Wa-HOO! On to Stopover #3! October 31: No Go. Howling Winds, Pouring Rain October 30: No Go. Winds and Warm Drizzle October 29: No Go. Winds Keep Them Down October 28: No Go. Wrong-way Winds Aloft October 27: Stopover #2! October 26: No Go. Hoping, Waiting for Later October 25: No Go. Sogginess Everywhere October 24: No Go. Too WINDY October 23: No Go. All Together, and All Wet! October 16 - Oct. 22, 2009: The "Day One" That Stretched Out Meet the Cranes Meet the Team Give a Whoop! In celebration of the 10,000th mile of migration, show the world you care about Whooping cranes. Getting Ready: Weekly Countdown to Migration Migration Map Daily Web postings with the latest news, maps, and photos will start on Day One of the migration. (The October 10 target departure date was delayed a week due to a weather system.) Welcome and Orientation Countdown to Migration: September 4, 2009 Countdown to Migration: September 11, 2009 Countdown to Migration: September 18, 2009 Countdown to Migration: September 25, 2009 Countdown to Migration: October 2, 2009 Countdown to Migration: October 9, 2009 Fall 2009 Migration (map/data) Produced in Collaboration with the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2009 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.