Follow the cranes from egg to first flight. Then join their first migration during October and November:

• May 1 Good to Go!
• May 7 Whooping Cranes Hatching!
• May 8 Weighing In
• May 10 Cuddle Up!
• May 14 Catching On to Feeding
• May 30 Learning From Role Models
• June 1 The Plane and the Plan
• June 2 Ground School
• June 4 Exercise, Exercise
• July 1 Almost Moving Day
• July 8 Getting Ready at Necedah
• July 10 Goodbye Patuxent, Hello Necedah
• July 12 Flight School Begins at Necedah
• July 17 Feathered for Flight: We Have Lift-off!
• August 1 Swamp Monster is Born
• August 7 Airborne!
• August 23 Grounded by the Weather
• August 24 Trying Hard
• August 28 Introducing the Chase Plane
• September 5 Both Cohorts Now at Same Site
• September 7 Two High Fives!
• September 10 The Most-asked Question
• September 11 Health Check-ups--and a Loss
• September 12 Ultralights Grounded!
• September 22 Back in the Air
• September 26 Lesson for a Rebel
• September 29 Public Celebration for the Cranes
• October 4 All Together Now, Flying Free
• October 7 Twenty-two Minutes Airborne!
• October 11 Countdown to Departure
• October 15 Too Windy, Big Day Delayed
• October 16 No Go!

The Migration

• October 17 GONE SOUTH! Migration Begins
• October 19 A 9-Mile Workout Before Turning Back
• October 20 Interstate Stops Cranes
• October 21 Tailwinds at Last!
• October 22 Leapfrogging Ahead
• October 23 Too Foggy to Fly
• October 24 Still Grounded at Stop #3
• October 25 Blustery! Another No Fly Day'
• October 26 A Loss---And Going Nowhere Today
• October 27 Horray! Cranes Set a Distance Record
• October 28 Standing Down in LaSalle County, IL
• October 29 Moving Out at Mid-day! On to Kankakee County, IL
• October 30 Too Windy to Take Off
• October 31 No Tricks or Treats Today
• November 1 Still Waiting for the Right Winds
• November 2 No Go
• November 3 Record-setting Flight into Indiana!
• November 5 Airborne to Morgan County, IN
• November 6 Good to Go TWO in a Row!
• November 7 Cranes Reach Kentucky
• November 8 Fifty-four Miles More
• November 9 Now in Tennessee! Crane #6 Lost in the Hills
• November 10 Searching for Crane #6
• November 11 Fog and Wind: No Go
• November 12 An Unscheduled Stop in Bledsoe County, TN
• November 13 Up, Up and Over the Ridge!
• November 14 Hello, Georgia!
• November 15 Smooth Flight
• November 16 Cranes Reach Stop #16
• November 17 Stop #17 on the 17th
• November 18 Another Successful Flight
• November 19 Too Warm and Windy to Fly
• November 20 Too Warm and Foggy to Fly
• November 21 Over 1,000 Miles!
• November 22 No Go: Headwinds and Fog
• November 23 Rainy Day--No Flight
• November 24 Finally in Florida!
• November 25 Another Weather Delay
• November 26 Twenty Miles Farther
• November 27 Another Small Gain
• November 28 Heat and Headwinds Turn Cranes Back
• November 29 Onward, Cranes!
• November 30 No Fly Day--But Ready for Arrival
• December 1 Stalled by Weather Again
• December 2 Only One More Flight To Go
• December 3 Whoop it Up! They're HOME
• December 5 "Chass-Seven" Home on Their Island
• December 18 WCEP Announces Crane #4 Killed by Bobcat