| Western
Flock, Migrating Texas to Canada
Confirmed Whooping Crane Sightings, Spring 2006 |
||
|
Date
|
# of Birds
|
Location Description
|
Mar
11-Apr. ?
Mar 24-Apr 9? |
1, age 2 1, first-year(not together) |
Alda,
NE (This 2-year-old got separated from its parents on first migration
south so has never been to Aransas. It wintered in south TX
with sandhills.)
|
Mar
31
|
2
+ 0 young
|
Day
County, SD (near Roslyn)
|
Mar
30-Apr 1
|
2
+ 0 young
|
Dawson
County, NE (downstream of Overton Bridge)
|
Apr
1-4
|
2
+ 1 young
|
Buffalo
County, NE (banded)
|
Apr 5
|
2
+ 1 young
|
Sully
County, SD (near Gettysburg; same family as above)
|
Apr
8
|
2
+ 0
|
Blaine
County, NE (near Brewster)
|
Apr
11
|
8
+ 3
|
Stafford
County, KS at Quivira NWR
(2:1, 2:1, 2:1, 2:0 One banded per family) |
Apr
12 |
5 |
Nance County, NE (near Fullerton and Hwy 22) |
Apr
12-13 |
3
+ 1 |
Antelope County, NE (Creighton area) |
Apr
13-17 |
3 +
0 |
Divide County, ND (Crosby area) |
Apr
14 |
3 +
0 |
Beadle County, SD (Wolsey area) |
April
15- (still there, at least through 4/20) |
2
+ 1 |
Foster County, ND (Carrington area) |
April
16 |
2 +
0 |
Ward County, ND (flying over Minto with 25 sandhill cranes) |
April
18 |
1 + 0 |
Holt County, NE (near Stuart) |
April
22 |
3
+ 0 |
McLean County, ND (near Washburn) |
April
23 |
5
+ 1 |
Mercer County, ND (near Hazen) |
| April 11-13 | Simpson, SK, CANADA | |
| April 15 | 4 |
Mikado, SK |
| April 17 | 2 |
Canwood, SK |
| April 19-21 | 2 |
Leask, SK |
| April 20 | 3 |
Cymric, SK |
| April 22-23 | 4 |
St. Denis, SK |
| April 23 | 2 |
Mayfair, SK |
| April 24 | 2 |
Dorintosh, SK |
| April 24 | 2 |
Kutawagan Lake, SK |
| April 24 | 6 |
Bulyea, SK |
| April 24-26 | 3 |
Marysburg, SK |
| April 26 | 2 |
Wakaw Lake, SK |
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