The migration of 10 lesser sandhill cranes tagged this summer with satellite in the Homer area can be tracked through a U.S. Geological Survey Web site. The satellite telemetry crane research project done by Gary Ivey with support from Kachemak Crane Watch follows the cranes as they move around Kachemak Bay and eventually head south. Ivey is the Western Crane Conservation Manager for the International Crane Foundation. The Web link is at www.werc.usgs.gov/sattrack/cranes/index.html.

Click on"migration maps" tab to see the data for each bird on a map. Click on the bird's identification number to see where it has been. There also is a link to view the data through Google-Earth. The lesser sandhill cranes should begin their annual fall migration soon and winter in California, Ivey said.