Abstracts From Proceedings of the 14th North American Crane Workshop

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2018

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CRANE WORKSHOP 14:149-172 (2018)

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CRANES AND AGRICULTURE: A DELICATE BALANCE. Jane E. Austin and Kerryn M. Morrison 149

NOCTURNAL ROOSTING BEHAVIOR OF SANDHILL CRANES ON THE PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA. David A.Brandt, Pamela J. Pietz, Deborah A. Buhl, Wesley E. Newton, Gary L. Krapu, and Aaron T. Pearse 149

USING HOME RANGES AND SITE FIDELITY TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF IMPORTANCE FOR OVERWINTERING SANDHILL CRANES ON THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS Kathryn Brautigam, Blake A. Grisham, William Johnson, Nicole Athearn, David L. Boren, Dan P. Collins, Shaun Oldenburger, Jude Smith, and Warren Conway 150

IN VITRO METHODS FOR EXAMINING MALE FERTILITY IN CRANE SPECIES Megan E. Brown, Brian Clauss, B. Pukazhenthi, and N. Songsasen 151

CAPTIVE ENVIRONMENT ENHANCES REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE IN CAPTIVE WHOOPING CRANE PAIRS Megan E. Brown, Sarah J. Converse, C. L. Keefer, and N. Songsasen 151

EVIDENCE OF NEW SUMMER AREAS AND MIXING OF TWO GREATER SANDHILL CRANE POPULATIONS IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST Daniel P. Collins, Courtenay M. Conring, Blake A. Grisham, Warren C. Conway, Jeffery M. Knetter, Scott A. Carleton, and Matthew A. Boggie 152

INCIDENTS OF WHOOPING CRANE SHOOTINGS AND THEIR EFFECT ON RECOVERY EFFORTS . Elisabeth Condon 152

IDENTIFYING MIGRATION CONNECTIVITY AND FOCUS AREAS FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY POPULATION OF GREATER SANDHILL CRANES.. Courtenay M. Conring, Blake A. Grisham, Daniel P. Collins, and Warren C. Conway 153

WINTER SPACE USE OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY POPULATION OF GREATER SANDHILL CRANES . Courtenay M. Conring, Blake A. Grisham, Daniel P. Collins, and Warren C. Conway

ENVIRONMENTAL SPATIAL DATA LAYER DEVELOPMENT FOR WINTERING WHOOPING CRANE SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODEL.. Nicole Davis, Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Smith, Clay M. Green, and Jennifer Jensen 154

DOES HEALTH ON NATAL GROUNDS DRIVE MIGRATORY BEHAVIORS OF JUVENILE WHOOPING CRANES?. Graham D. Fairhurst, Mark T. Bidwell, Barry K. Hartup, Sonia Cabezas, John A. Conkin, Tracy A. Marchant, Kris L. Metzger, Aaron T. Pearse, and Catherine Soos 155

IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL WETLAND MANAGEMENT FOR CRANE CONSERVATION Matthew Gondek 155

SUMMER HOME RANGE AND HABITAT USE OF WHOOPING CRANES IN THE EASTERN MIGRATORY POPULATION. Andrew P. Gossens, Jeb A. Barzen, and Anne E. Lacy 156

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE SPRING SANDHILL CRANE MIGRATION ON THE PLATTE RIVER . Mary Harner 156

ARE THERE EMERGING HEALTH CONCERNS FOR EASTERN MIGRATORY WHOOPING CRANES?Barry K. Hartup and Taylor J. Yaw 157

EFFECTIVENESS OF PREDATOR REMOVAL FOR ENHANCING A CRANE POPULATION. . Scott G. Hereford and Angela J. Dedrickson 157

SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF CAPTIVE-REARED AND RELEASED MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANES. Scott G. Hereford and Robert Leaf 158

HABITAT USE BY SANDHILL CRANES WINTERING IN THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN RIVER DELTA OF CALIFORNIA . Gary L. Ivey, Bruce D. Dugger, Caroline P. Herziger, Michael L. Casazza, and Joseph P. Fleskes 158

NON-INVASIVE GENETICS OF SANDHILL CRANES IN ONTARIO. Crystal Kelly 159

A MAJOR NEW SPRING STAGING AREA FOR THE MID-CONTINENT POPULATION OF SANDHILL CRANES IN SOUTH DAKOTA: PROBABLE CAUSES, CHARACTERISTICS, AND CONSERVATION PLANS Gary L. Krapu, David A. Brandt, Aaron T. Pearse, and Bart M. Ballard 159

SUMMER RESOURCE SELECTION OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY POPULATION OF GREATER SANDHILL CRANES . Kammie L. Kruse, Daniel P. Collins, Jeffery M. Knetter, Courtenay M. Conring, Blake A. Grisham, and Warren C. Conway 160

ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT TO CRANES FROM A PLANNED TRANSMISSION LINE Anne E. Lacy 160

PEOPLE’S AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT WHOOPING CRANES AT WHEELER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, ALABAMASarah Lessard 161

AN INDIVIDUAL-BASED EVOLUTIONARY SIMULATION MODEL FOR PREDICTING WHOOPING CRANE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS .. M. Elsbeth McPhee

GEODATABASE AND SPATIAL TOOL DESIGNS TO PROMOTE RAPID ORGANIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA COLLECTED FROM SANDHILL CRANE PLATFORM TRANSMITTER TERMINALS Krista Mougey, Cathy Nowak, Dan Collins, and Blake Grisham 162

OBSERVATIONS OF WHOOPING CRANE CHICK AND PARENT-FEEDING INTERACTIONS .Glenn H. Olsen 162

RELEASING PARENT-REARED WHOOPING CRANES IN WISCONSIN: A PILOT STUDY 2013-2015. .Glenn H. Olsen and Sarah J. Converse 163

REARING AND RELEASE OF PARENT-REARED WHOOPING CRANES IN WISCONSIN, 2016 Glenn H. Olsen, Marianne Wellington, and Joseph W. Duff 164

SEASONAL MORTALITY IN ARANSAS-WOOD BUFFALO WHOOPING CRANES Aaron T. Pearse, David A. Brandt, Barry K. Hartup, and Mark Bidwell 164

SEASONAL MOVEMENTS AND MULTISCALE HABITAT SELECTION OF WHOOPING CRANES IN NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL WETLANDS . Bradley A. Pickens, Sammy L. King, Phillip L. Vasseur, Sara E. Zimorski, and Will Selman 165

WHOOPING CRANE PUBLIC AWARENESS IN LOUISIANA Carrie Salyers 165

DIFFERENTIAL USE OF FRESHWATER PONDS AS HABITAT FOR WHOOPING CRANES ON THE WINTERING GROUND Elizabeth Smith, Jeff Wozniak, Ray Kirkwood, and Karis Ritenour 166

PREDATOR AVOIDANCE BEHAVIORS IN SANDHILL CRANES AND WHOOPING CRANES. Kasey Stewart 166

LOCAL SCALE HABITAT USE AND DAILY MOVEMENTS OF WINTERING WHOOPING CRANES IN THE EASTERN MIGRATORY POPULATION Hillary Thompson 167

RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT TO INCREASE WHOOPING CRANE CHICK SURVIVAL ON NECEDAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, WISCONSINRichard P. Urbanek 167

THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK FLY MONITORING TO UNDERSTANDING NEST DESERTION BY WHOOPING CRANES IN THE EASTERN MIGRATORY POPULATION . Richard P. Urbanek, Peter H. Adler, Sara E. Zimorski, Elmer W. Gray, and Eva K. Szyszkoski 168

HABITAT AT WHOOPING CRANE NEST SITES ON NECEDAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, WISCONSIN Richard P. Urbanek, Eva K. Szyszkoski, and Beverly S. Paulan 168

SPRING WANDERING: A DISTINCT BEHAVIOR OF YEARLING WHOOPING CRANES IN THE REINTRODUCED EASTERN MIGRATORY POPULATION Richard P. Urbanek, Eva K. Szyszkoski, Sara E. Zimorski, and Lara E. A. Fondow 169

HABITAT SELECTION BY WINTERING SANDHILL CRANES ALONG THE TEXAS GULF COAST. Emily D. Wells, Bart M. Ballard, Shaun L. Oldenburger, Daniel P. Collins, David A. Brandt, Aaron T. Pearse, and Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso 170

SURVIVAL ESTIMATES AND STATE-TRANSITION PROBABILITIES OF DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS OF SANDHILL CRANES Michael Wheeler 170

A COMPARISON OF MOVEMENTS BETWEEN ADULTS AND JUVENILE SANDHILL CRANES DURING SPRING AND SUMMER: EVIDENCE FOR PROSPECTING? David Wolfson, John Fieberg, Jeff Lawrence, Tom Cooper, and David E. Andersen 171

THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF THE LOUISIANA WHOOPING CRANE REINTRODUCTION .Sara E. Zimorski, Phillip L. Vasseur, and Eva K. Szyszkoski 171

MILESTONE REACHED IN REINTRODUCED WHOOPING CRANE POPULATION: FIRST CHICKS HATCHED IN THE WILD IN LOUISIANA IN MORE THAN 75 YEARS .. Sara E. Zimorski, Phillip L. Vasseur, and Eva K. Szyszkoski 172