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Follow the Birds
A few years ago a photographer/friend /customer started exploring the feasibility of following the migration of the endangered whooping crane from the nesting ground in south Texas to the summer home in Alberta and Northwest Territories of Canada. The plan was to follow the same route in a airplane, low and slow, to make a continuous aerial photo of the route. The plan was to do this last year but, covid and a closed border got in the way.
Friday the first of April the journey will begin. The photographer is Michael Forsberg (https://www.michaelforsberg.com/). He will be flying with Chris Boyer of Kestrel Aerial Services (https://www.kestrelaerial.com/). I will be providing ground support and camera tech. Mike and I will leave Nebraska on Friday and Chris will leave Bozeman, MT Thursday. We will meet in Rockport, TX to begin the trek north.
My plan is to post a daily update here time permitting. I hope to meet Daryl (ghosthunters) while crossing Saskatchewan and any other camera trappers that might be close to the path.
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Looks like a great project Jeff. I look forward to following along with your updates. Good luck.
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Day One was uneventful. We drove from Lincoln to Fort Worth, had a Popeyes chicken sandwich and went to bed. Tomorrow will take us to Rockport, TX where we will meet up with Chris and his airplane. Then, the trip will start to get interesting. Good night.
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Day Four
Foggy, windy and a low ceiling. No flying today.
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Finally a front blew through, lowered the humidity and changed the wind to the north. The pilot and photographer had a great day in the air and accomplished most of the objectives for this area.
After landing we had some really good pizza and called it a day.
Tomorrow morning we will load up and head north.
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Day Eight
We made it to Temple, TX last evening. We had a very strong headwind that made travel a challenge.
But it is a new day and we are headed north again.
After a quick stop at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge to swap cards on a couple timelapse cameras, we continued north.
The evening found us at a small airport near Anthony, KS where we spent the night on a ranch a few miles from the airport.
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