| Confirmed Whooping Crane Sightings, Spring 2006 |
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Date
|
# of Birds
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Location Description
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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.)
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Mar
31
|
2
+ 0 young
|
Day
County, SD (near Roslyn)
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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) |
2
+ 1 |
Foster County, ND (Carrington area) |
April 16 |
2
+ 0 |
Ward County, ND (flying over Minto with 25 sandhill cranes) |
Apr
10-14
|
Several
possible sightings from North Dakota
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