Jasper-Pulaski

John Mueller

Anyone going to be here 11/17-11/18
A group of us are going up.
As of now there are 14,000+ migrating Sandhill Cranes
Here is the link

gluwater

Oh oh! I want to go. I recently found out about it and have been looking for info on the area. Have you ever been there before? How close can you actually get to the birds? So you are gonig from Friday to Saturday? If I go I would not be able to get there until Saturday morning as I work Friday night and have already used all of my vacation days. Thanks for any info you have.

John Mueller

gluwater wrote:

Oh oh! I want to go. I recently found out about it and have been looking for info on the area. Have you ever been there before? How close can you actually get to the birds? So you are gonig from Friday to Saturday? If I go I would not be able to get there until Saturday morning as I work Friday night and have already used all of my vacation days. Thanks for any info you have.

Nick,this is first time going.
We will be there Friday eve and Saturday morn.
If you will be able to make it,send me a PM and Ill give you my cell#

jeff lapoint

Whats the drive like from the Chicago area?

Stormdancing

jeff lapoint wrote:

Whats the drive like from the Chicago area?

From Chicago to [SIZE=-1]Medaryville, IN is about 2 hours drive, not bad.

[/SIZE]Here is a gallery of a friend of mine who went last year.
He shows the observation decks and some of the area shots as well as some great crane shots.
http://www.tomduggan.com/GRSCS/Cranes/index.html

I would love to go, but don't know if I can swing it. I might have to wait until they move through our area (SW Indiana) on the southern migration.

gluwater

jeff lapoint wrote:

Whats the drive like from the Chicago area?

The drive is closer to 3-3.5 hours. The highway between Illinois and Indiana is terrible and the delays can be horrendous sometimes. Jeff if you are interested let me know, maybe we could drive together. I think I may be going Friday after work and come back Sunday afternoon.

jeff lapoint

gluwater wrote:

The drive is closer to 3-3.5 hours. The highway between Illinois and Indiana is terrible and the delays can be horrendous sometimes. Jeff if you are interested let me know, maybe we could drive together. I think I may be going Friday after work and come back Sunday afternoon.

I'm down to go, but I need to wait until they give me my schedule for the next month. I should know by next Tuesday.

gluwater

jeff lapoint wrote:

I'm down to go, but I need to wait until they give me my schedule for the next month. I should know by next Tuesday.

Sounds good Jeff. I changed my mind though, I think I'll leave really early Saturday morning to get there before sunrise and leave Saturday night. I just heard from my car dealer and I need a new alternator and a bunch of other stuff so money is going to be tight.

Terry66

Stormdancing wrote:

From Chicago to [SIZE=-1]Medaryville, IN is about 2 hours drive, not bad.

[/SIZE]Here is a gallery of a friend of mine who went last year.
He shows the observation decks and some of the area shots as well as some great crane shots.
http://www.tomduggan.com/GRSCS/Cranes/index.html

.

Hey...I was with Tommy D when he shot those! What a great weekend!

Stormdancing

Terry66 wrote:

Hey...I was with Tommy D when he shot those! What a great weekend!

you're one of those nuts!!!!
Tom has some great shots here and I liked how he showed the viewing decks.
Gives people an idea what to expect.

WOW your site is great. Fantstic shots there.
Fast cars but no birds.
Where's your shots?

Terry66

Stormdancing wrote:

you're one of those nuts!!!!
Fast cars but no birds.
Where's your shots?

Yep...it was quite the crazy weekend to say the least.

I am in the process of compiling all my nature/wildlife into a new site, but here are some links..

My crane shots are here...

http://www.pbase.com/terrywatson/sandhill_cranes

and here

http://www.pbase.com/terrywatson/sandhill_cranes_2

Here is another wildlife site of mine.

http://www.pbase.com/discoveringnature

Stormdancing

Great galleries! I love the sunset silhouettes. They have a magical feel to them.

I'm in Sw Indiana and would love to join you guys on some of the crazy expeditions I read about on 10D. Would be hard dragging a 4 year old around. Maybe in a couple years............