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Appendix C: Confirmed Whooping Crane Sightings in Central Platte River Study Area, 1942-2003
Pages 291-297

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... Appendix C Confirmed Whooping Crane Sightings in Central Platte River Study Area, 1942-2003 Compiled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 291
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... 292 APPENDIX C Number of Confirmed Group ID Cranes Year River Use Dates of Usea 42A-1 3 1942 Y 4/5 43A-1 1 1943 Y 4/4 50A-1 1 1950 N 5/4 59B-2 2 1959 N 10/26 66B-2 5 1966 Y 10/21-22 74B-5 2 1974 Y 10/31-11/1 75A-6 7 1975 Y 4/18-19 75A-7 5 1975 Y 4/19-20 77A-4 1 1977 Y 3/29 80A-11 2 1980 Y 4/16-18 80A-12 2 1980 Y 4/18 83B-21 5 1983 Y 10/27-28 83B-22 3 1983 N 10/28 85A-6 4 1985 N 4/8 85B-18 3 1985 Y 10/20-21 86B-58 3 1986 Y 11/4-5 86B-88 3 1986 N 11/7 87A-1 1 1987 Y 3/17-4/19 87A-13 2 1987 N 4/16 87B-2 2 1987 Y 10/21-22 88A-1 2 1988 Y 3/24-26 88A-2 2 1988 Y 3/26-4/7 88A-3 1 1988 Y 4/1-11 88A-4 1 1988 Y 4/3-4 89A-1 1 1989 Y 3/24-4/14 89A-13 1 1989 Y 4/16-17 89B-5 4 1989 Y 10/13-14 89B-18 2 1989 Y 11/4 90A-4 3 1990 Y 4/14-15 90B-15 3 1990 Y 10/26-27 92A-3 2 1992 Y 4/10 92A-4 4 1992 Y 4/10-11 92A-5 6 1992 Y 4/10-11 92A-10 5 1992 Y 4/14 93A-2 5 1993 Y 4/9-10 93A-3 2 1993 Y 4/9-10 93A-4 2 1993 Y 4/9-10 93B-16 1 1993 N 10/23 94A-1 6 1994 N 4/4
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... Bridge 7 207.5 2.25 E Shelton Bridge 5 193.5 Originally 2.5 W Wood River 0.5 E Gibbon Bridge 6 201.5 Joined 92A-4 to roost 2 W Gibbon Bridge 7 204.3 Includes 92A-3 birds 0.25 E Overton Bridge 11 239.0 2.5 W Gibbon Bridge 7 204.7 Probably roosted 4/13-14 1.5 W Gibbon Bridge 7 206.5 E of Alda Bridge 3 180.2 1 W Wood River Bridge 5 188.1 1 S, 1 E Elm Creek 10 NA 3.5 S of Grand Island 2 NA Corn stubble, middle to late morning
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... 294 APPENDIX C Number of Confirmed Group ID Cranes Year River Use Dates of Usea 94A-3 2 1994 Y 4/4 94A-4 2 1994 Y 4/4-6 94A-8 2 1994 N 4/5 94A-14 1 1994 Y 4/14 94A-15 1 1994 Y 4/14 95A-8 2 1995 Y 4/14 95A-21 1 1995 Y 5/8-14 95B-5 5 1995 Y 10/25 96A-3 1 1996 N 3/30 96A-9 3 1996 N 4/7-9 96A-10 2 1996 Y 4/10 96A-11 3 1996 Y 4/11 96A-21 1 1996 N 4/20 96A-22 3 1996 Y 4/20-21 96A-31 2 1996 Y 5/8-13 97A-1 1 1997 Y 3/9 97A-2 1 1997 Y 3/10-4/17 97A-3 1 1997 Y 3/19-4/7 97A-6 1 1997 N 4/14 97A-7 2 1997 Y 4/14-16 97A-17 3 1997 Y 4/15-17 97A-18 1 1997 N 4/16-19 98A-1 1 1998 Y 2/15-3/25 98A-3 1 1998 Y 3/23-4/9 98A-4 1 1998 N 3/27-28 98A-6 1 1998 Y 3/30 98A-7 1 1998 N 4/3 98A-16 2 1998 N 4/14 98B-8 3 1998 Y 10/22-11/9 99A-1 1 1999 Y 3/4-23 99A-3 1 1999 N 3/23 99A-4 1 1999 N 3/21 99A-7 2 1999 N 4/3 00A-2 1 2000 Y 3/2-4/4 00A-4 1 2000 Y 3/8-16 00B-30 2 2000 Y 11/3 01A-07 3 2001 N 4/11 01B-13 1 2001 Y 10/23
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... APPENDIX C 295 Bridge River Location, milesb Segmentc Milesd Comment 1 E Gibbon Bridge 6 2.5 E of Minden Bridge 7 205.6, 2nd site 1.25 E of Minden 206.6 Bridge 1 N, 1 W Hwy 10/I-80 Exit 8 1 downstream I-80 Bridge 2 171.5 1.5 upstream Gibbon Bridge 7 203.8 Rowe Sanctuary 5 S, 1 W Gibbon 7 203.1 0.5 N, 5 W Doniphan 3 180.6 2.75 E Hwy 10 Bridge 7 205.25 2 E Elm Creek 10 NA 3.5 S, 1.5 Odessa 9 2.5 upstream Wood River 5 191.1 Bridge 0.5 upstream Wood River 4,5 187.8 Bridge 2 N, 1 W Doniphan 3 NA Wet meadow, midday 1 W, 2 N Doniphan 3 176.6 2 S, 2 E Elm Creek 10 228.6 4.5 S, 1.75 W Gibbon 7 203.9 3 W Doniphan 3,4 183.1, 180.7, 178.4 4.5 S, 4 W Gibbon 7 205.7, 203.0, 204.0 6 S Gibbon 7 NA 2 S Gibbon 7 203.4 5 S, 2 W Gibbon 6,7 204.1 4.5 S, 1 W Overton 11,12 3 W Doniphan 3,4 NA 5.5 N, 4 E Doniphan 2 NA 4 S I-80 Alda Interchange 3,4 NA Likely roost on river 1.25 N, 1.75 W Doniphan 3 NA Adult with sandhills 2 N, 3 E I-80 Alda Exit 3 NA 5:00 PM, feeding with sandhills 6.5 S, 2.5 W Wood River 5 NA 8-11:15 AM, flooded pasture 1.25 E, Hwy 10 Bridge 7 204, Rowe Sanctuary 207.6 3 S, E Gibbon 2,3,4,6 2 S, 2 W Wood River 5 NA Assumed same birds as 99A-2 1.75 S, 2 W Shelton 6 2.5 S, 1.5 E Overton/I-80 11 NA 2.5 W Doniphan 3 2.5 W Doniphan 3 1.5 W Gibbon Bridge 7 1.5 S, 2 E Gibbon Road/I-80 6 interchange Platte River, 3 E (downstream) 7 Hwy 10 Bridge
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From page 296...
... cLocations are distances in miles from identified landmark. dCorps of Engineers river miles.
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From page 297...
... APPENDIX C 297 Bridge River Location, milesb Segmentc Milesd Comment Platte River, 2.75 E 7 (downstream Hwy 10) 2 S, 3 W Wood River 5 Road /I-80 interchange 3 W Doniphan; Platte River 3,5 west Alda Bridge 1 W of Rowe Sanctuary office 7 1.5 S, 0.75 W Doniphan 3 Near Odessa Bridge and 9 upstream and downstream Kearney Bridge Upstream and downstream 3,4 Alda Bridge 5 S, 3 W Chapman 1 0.25 E Minden Bridge 7 2.6 E Elm Creek Bridge 10
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Key Terms

  • gibbon bridge
  • alda bridge
  • river bridge
  • kearney bridge
  • island crane

  • brief stop
  • elm creek
  • grand island
  • corn stubble
  • mormon island

  • late morning
  • odessa bridge
  • probable river
  • engineers river
  • identified landmark

  • unpublished data
  • river miles
  • na interchange
  • audubon sanctuary
  • overton bridge

  • shelton bridge
  • probably roosted


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