Pilot/photographer Joe Duff leads young whooping cranes making the
fall 2004 migration over Brownsburg in central Indiana on Nov. 7.
By Michael Homoya
Photography by Richard Fields
Pilot/photographer Joe Duff leads young whooping cranes making the
fall 2004 migration over Brownsburg in central Indiana on Nov. 7.
By Michael Homoya
Photography by Richard Fields
Well before the glimmer of morning sun the crew of Operation Migration is stirring about. Like a shuttle launch from Cape Canaveral, it must be “all systems go” before takeoff. The aircraft needs to be in tiptop condition, the weather just right, and a topnotch flight crew and support team ready to perform.
No, this isn’t a scenario from Indianapolis International Airport. Rather, it’s the beginning of another day in an exciting project to return endangered whooping cranes to Indiana skies after a nearly 100 year absence.
