Science Features » migration http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features Highlighted USGS science Fri, 17 May 2013 13:39:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Off They Go into the Wild Blue Yonder ts http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/off-they-go-into-the-wild-blue-yonder/ http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/off-they-go-into-the-wild-blue-yonder/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:26:03 +0000 ocweb http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/?p=35844 Ultralight airplane leads cranes on first migration south.

Ultralight airplane leads cranes on first migration south.

Eight specially trained whooping crane chicks hatched in May have now embarked on their first southward migration, with an ultralight airplane leading them. USGS researchers who hatched, raised, and trained the chicks at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, are eagerly following the cranes on their journey.

 Follow the cranes

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