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2003 Whooping Crane Migration
October 25, 2003

 

La Salle County, Illinois- Good flight weather prevailed and the whooping cranes and their pilots flew 47.6 miles today. They left Ogle County and landed in La Salle County, Illinois.

 

Total distance flown is now 185.6 miles. 

 

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