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Eastern Flock Stopovers
May 14, 2004 (16 cranes)

HY2003 Group 1 (Cranes 301, 303, 305, 309, 312, 316, 318 and 319)

Date

Town

St/Pr

Lat (N)

Long (W)

03/29/04 Chassahowitzka Nat'l Wildlife Refuge

FL

28.41

-82.35

03/30/04 Lowndes County

GA

 30.53

 -83.16

03/31/04 Wilkes County

GA

 33.48

 -82.46

04/01/04 - 04/03/04 Macon County

GA

32.22

-84.02

04/04/04 Location unknown      
04/05/04 Clermont County

OH

39.03

-84.09

04/06/04 - 04/08/04 Auglaize County

OH

40.33

-84.15

HY2003 Group 1A (Cranes 301, 305, 309, 318 and 319)

Date

Town

St/Pr

Lat (N)

Long (W)

04/09/04 St. Joseph County

MI

 41.45

 -85.30

04/10/04 Berrien County

MI

 41.57

 -86.25

04/11/04 - 05/05/04 Mercer County

OH

 40.33

 -84.35

05/06/04 - 05/09/04 Manistee County

MI

44.20

-86.03

05/10/04 Oceana/Newaygo County Line

MI

43.36

-86.15

05/11/04 Muskegon County

MI

46.18

-86.08

HY2003 Group 1B (Cranes 303, 312 and 316)

Date

Town

St/Pr

Lat (N)

Long (W)

04/09/04 Auglaize County

OH

40.33

-84.15

04/10/04 - 04/24/04 Shelby County

OH

40.19

 -84.01

04/25/04 - 05/12/04 Allegan County

MI

 42.36

 -85.52


HY2003 Group 2 (Cranes 302, 304, 306, 307, 310, 311, 313 and 317)

Date

Town

St/Pr

Lat (N)

Long (W)

03/29/04 - 04/06/04 Chassahowitzka Nat'l Wildlife Refuge

FL

28.41

-82.35

04/07/04 Jefferson County

FL

30.25

-83.54

HY2003 Group 2A (Cranes 304, 306 and 317)

Date

Town

St/Pr

Lat (N)

Long (W)

04/08/04 Large wetland complex in Florida      
04/09/04 Last detected inflight in northwestern Georgia/northeastern Alabama

 

 

 

04/10/04 Dawson County

GA

 34.26

 -84.10

04/11/04 - 04/13/04 Location unknown

 

 

 

04/14/04 Briefly detected near south central, TN then disappeared

TN 

 

 

04/15/04 Roost along a river in east-central Illinois

IL

   
04/16/04 Whiteside County

IL

41.45

-89.55

04/17/04 - 04/22/04 Houston County

MN

 43.40

-91.30

04/23/04 - 05/02/04 Location unknown      
05/03/04 - 05/11/04 Trempealeau County

WI

 44.19

-91.21

05/12/04 Necedah NWR

WI

44.15

-90.18

HY2003 Group 2B (Cranes 310 and 313)

Date

Town

St/Pr

Lat (N)

Long (W)

04/08/04 Colquitt County

GA

 31.11

-83.46

04/09/04 Coweta County

GA

 33.23

 -84.46

04/10/04 - 04/14/04 Location unknown

 

 

 

04/15/04 Observed in flight at Smith County

TN

   
04/16/04 DeKalb County

IL

41.55

-88 45

04/17/04 Winneshiek County

IA

42.20

-89.31

04/18/04 Juneau County

WI

43.55

-90.08

04/19/04 - 05/03/04 Necedah NWR

WI

44.15

-90.18

HY2003 Crane 302

Date

Town

St/Pr

Lat (N)

Long (W)

04/08/04 Unknown location      
04/09/04 Upson County

GA

 32.52

 -84.19

04/10/04 - 04/14/04 Location unknown      
04/15/04 In flight over the Cumberland River northwest of Nashville, TN, at approximately 3pm      
04/16/04 Inflight signal detected in central Illinois      
04/17/04 - 05/12/04 No signal      

HY2003 Crane 307

Date

Town

St/Pr

Lat (N)

Long (W)

04/08/04 Unknown location      
04/09/04 Henry County

GA

 33.27

 -84.09

04/10/04 - 04/13/04 Not tracked

 

 

 

04/14/04 Humphreys County

TN

 36.03

 -87.46

04/15/04 -04/16/04 Shelby County

IL

39.24

-88.47

04/17/04 - 05/12/04 No signal      

HY2003 Crane 311

Date

Town

St/Pr

Lat (N)

Long (W)

04/08/04 Undetermined roost      
04/09/04 Gwinnett County

GA

 33.57

 -84.03

04/10/04 Blount County

TN

 35.42

-83.57

04/11/04 - 04/13/04 Location unknown      
04/14/04 Detected flying northwest near London, KY, but not tracked further

KY

   
04/15/04 Apparently landed to roost in northeastern or north-central Illinois

IL

   
04/16/04 Dane County

WI

43.04

-89.26

04/17/04 - 05/03/04 Necedah NWR

WI

44.15

-90.18

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