Interesting account of the banding of the wild chick.  Great photographs too!

http://www.savingcranes.org/capture-of-wild-chick-w1-10-september-19-2010.html

Gayle

Thanks for sharing these beautiful creatures, Patti!  And this is a great system for sharing, far superior to Kodak!

Gayle

Yeah for you, Dale!!

This is great news!  I was in the Aleutians when this effort was in the planning stages and am pleased that all went as scheduled!

Gayle

Thanks Aafke!  It is good to see another of your great puzzles.

Gayle

I posted this last week, but it is more appropriate in this thread.

Hubble Pointed at "Nothing"

Humbling.

  Here is what happened when professional astronomers pointed the Hubble Space
  Telescope at what appeared to be absolutely nothing and left it there, first
  for 10 days, and then for 11 days. Then they made the images into a 3-D
  presentation. You have got to watch this one, it's "incredible".

http://www.flixxy.com/hubble-ultra-deep-field-3d.htm   

Gayle

The shirts for my nephews also arrived last week.  They look great!  Thanks Dana for making kids shirts available and thanks, Dale for the terrific design!

Gayle

And these came to my attention today.

Hawks (including a peregrine):

http://wimp.com/hawkssee

The Hubble telescope:

http://www.flixxy.com/hubble-ultra-deep-field-3d.htm   

You may have to paste.

Gayle

This is on my calendar:

"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave." - Native American Proverb

And may your caring footsteps be emulated by others, Carol.

http://www.savingcranes.org/wild-whooping-crane-chicks-fledge-in-wisconsin-august-31-2010.html

Gayle

I have just ordered shirts for my nephews.  They are Rochester falcon fans through photographs  I have forwarded to them over the last several years.  I know they will love them.  I want to thank Dana for making the extra effort to make the shirts I needed available.

Gayle

You can see whoping crane chicks live here:

http://www.wildearth.tv/static/wildearth/channels/we_crane_ground.html

Gayle

I am delighted you two finally got together in person!  Thanks for sharing the wonderful birds that you met!  Makes me lonesome for the mighty Mississippi River.

Gayle

Hey, it is cheese country!

Gayle

The DAR dhicks are doing well.

http://www.savingcranes.org/dar-chicks-at-necedah-august-20-2010.html

Gayle