News About Operation Migration

Posted by
Rosemary Drisdelle
Oct 18, 2006

The Operation Migration Whooping Cranes are en route to Florida. They’re not moving very fast, being grounded on many days by bad weather, but in spite of delays, they’re on schedule. If you’re interested in keeping an eye on how they’re doing compared to other years, bookmark this graph.

Operation Migration is a nonprofit organization that relies on donations to fund the yearly migration for captive reared Whooping Crane chicks. This has been a tough year in the fundraising department, but three cheers for the enthusiastic efforts of students at Louisville Kentucky’s John F. Kennedy Montessori School, who wrote to Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil Corporation. Their letters to him, asking for funding and gas for the cranes, brought tears to my eyes. Will ExxonMobil rise to the challenge of helping save the Whooping Crane? You can see photos of the students and read the letters they sent to Mr. Tillerson. There’s great art work too.

Keep track of the day to day events of the migration on the Operation Migration Field Journal , or watch this blog for updates.