Folk, M. J., and S. A. Nesbitt, editors. 2008. Proceedings of the Tenth North American crane workshop. North American Crane Working Group, Gambier, Ohio, USA.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Iii PREFACE

1 Essay: Do we need such rare birds? – Stephen A. Nesbit

3 WHOOPING CRANES – Associate Editor: Brian W. Johns

3 Whooping Cranes and Human Disturbance: An Historical Perspective and Literature Review

Thomas E. Lewis and R. Douglas Slack

4 Current Status of Nonmigratory Whooping Cranes in Florida

Martin J. Folk, Stephen A. Nesbitt, Jeannette M. Parker, Marilyn G. Spalding, Stephen B. Baynes, and Kristen L. Candelora

13 A Low Intensity Sampling Method for Assessing Blue Crab Abundance at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and Preliminary Results on the Relationship of Blue Crab Abundance to Whooping Crane Winter Mortalit

Bruce H. Pugesek, Michael J. Baldwin, and Thomas V. Stehn

25 Whooping Crane Collisions with Power Lines: an Issue Paper

Thomas V. Stehn and Tom Wassenich

37 DISTRIBUTION, STATUS, AND PRODUCTIVITY – Associate Editor: William B. Brooks

37 Trends in Sandhill Crane Numbers in Eastern New Mexico

James B. Montgomery, Jr.

40 Trends in Habitat and Population of Florida Sandhill Cranes

Stephen A. Nesbitt and James L. Hatchitt

43 Spring Migratory Habits and Breeding Distribution of Lesser Sandhill Cranes That Winter in West-Central New Mexico and Arizona

Gary L. Krapu and David A. Brandt

50 MANAGEMENT AND HARVEST – Associate Editor: Jane E. Austin

50 Temporal Distribution of Harvested Mid-Continent Sandhill Cranes within the Central Flyway States During the 1997-2001 Hunting Seasons

Adrianna C. Araya and James A. Dubovsky

58 Hunting Success for Mid-Continent Sandhill Cranes in the Central Flyway: Comparing Current and Historic Results

James A. Dubovsky and Adrianna C. Araya

65 Reduction of Crop Depredations by Cranes at Daursky State Biosphere Reserve, Siberia

Oleg A. Goroshko, John E. Cornely, and Stephen H. Bouffard

70 Population Status, Hunting Regulations, and Harvests of the Rocky Mountain Population of Greater Sandhill Cranes, 1981–2005

Kammie L. Kruse, David E. Sharp, and James A. Dubovsky

76 Management of Lands Along the Platte River from Elm Creek to Lexington, Nebraska, as Crane Habitat

James J. Jenniges and Mark M. Peyton

86 ECOLOGY – Associate Editor: Matthew A. Hayes

86 Survival and Sources of Mortality in Florida Sandhill Crane Chicks– Hatching to Fledging

Stephen A. Nesbitt, Stephen T. Schwikert, and Marilyn G. Spalding

90 BEHAVIOR – Associate Editor: Dwight P. Knapik

90 Sandhill Crane Nest Habitat Selection and Factors Affecting Nest Success in Northwestern Minnesota

Stephen J. Maxson, John R. Fieberg, and Michael R. Riggs

98 Responses of Nesting Sandhill Cranes to Research Activities and Effects on Nest Survival

Jane E. Austin and Deborah A. Buhl

107 Interaction of Young Florida Sandhill Cranes with Their Parent

Stephen A. Nesbitt, Paul S. Kubilis, and Stephen T. Schwikert

111 HEALTH AND DISEASE – Associate Editors: Barry K. Hartup and Marilyn G. Spalding

111 Surveillance for West Nile Virus at the International Crane Foundation 2000-2004

Barry K. Hartup

115 West Nile Encephalitis in a Captive Florida Sandhill Crane

Cristina M. Hansen, Barry K. Hartup, Olga D. Gonzalez, Douglas E. Lyman, and Howard Steinberg

119 Risk Factors Associated with Developmental Limb Abnormalities in Captive Whooping Cranes

Cristin Kelley and Barry K. Hartup

125 PHYSIOLOGY – Associate Editors: Marilyn G. Spalding and Barry K. Hartup

125 Timing of Molt in Florida Sandhill Cranes

Stephen A. Nesbitt and Stephen T. Schwikert

128 Feather Molt of Nonmigratory Whooping Cranes in Florida

Martin J. Folk, Stephen A. Nesbitt, Jeannette M. Parker, Marilyn G. Spalding, Stephen B. Baynes, and Kristen L. Candelora

133 Body Mass Index(BMI) of Normal Sandhill Cranes

Stephen A. Nesbitt, Marilyn G. Spalding, Kristen L. Candelora, Paul S. Kubilis, and Stephen T. Schwikert

138 TECHNIQUES – Associate Editor: Jane M. Chandler

138 New Hunter Education Strategies to Protect Whooping Cranes in Texas and Kansas

Lee Ann Johnson Linam, Helen M. Hands, and Jay Roberson

141 Use of Clap Traps in Capturing Nonmigratory Whooping Cranes in Florida

Jeannette M. Parker, Martin J. Folk, Stephen B. Baynes, and Kristen L. Candelora

146 Aerial Census Techniques for Whooping Cranes on the Texas CoasT

Thomas V. Stehn and Thomas E. Taylor

152 ABSTRACTS

152 Winter Habitat Selection by A Reintroduced Population of Migratory Whooping Cranes: Emerging Patterns and Implications for the Future

Lara E. A. Fondow

153 The Whooping Crane in Mexico: Past, Present, and Future?

Michael S. Putham, Ruth Partida Lara, Suix Diaz Gomez and Anne E. Lacy

154 Reproductive Health of the Florida Flock of Introduced Whooping Cranes

Marilyn G. Spalding, Martin J. Folk, and Stephen A. Nesbitt

155 Survival, Movements, Social Structure, and Reproductive Behavior During Development of a Population of Reintroduced, Migratory Whooping Cranes

Richard P. Urbanek and Lara E. A. Fondow

156 Mississippi Sandhill Crane Conservation Update, 2003-2005

Scott G. Hereford and Tracy E. Grazia

157 Factors Influencing Greater Sandhill Crane Nest Success at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon

Gary L. Ivey and Bruce D. Dugger

158 Is the Annual March Survey of the Midcontinental Sandhill Crane Population Appropriately Timed to Reliably Estimate Population Size

Gary L. Krapu and David A. Brandt

159 Distribution and Dispersion Patterns of Sandhill Crane Flocks in the Platte River Valley

Brian Lorenz and Felipe Chavez-Ramirez

160 A Landscape Perspective of Whooping Crane Migration Through Nebraska: Conservation and Management Implications

Felipe Chavez-Ramirez, Chris Helzer and Paul Tebbel

161 Common Crane Management in Germany - Monitoring, Protection, and Scientific Work –Hartwig Prange

162 Temporal Dynamics and Flock Characteristics of Sandhill Cranes in the Platte River Valley, Nebraska

Felipe Chavez-Ramirez

163 The Cuban Sandhill Crane as an Umbrella Species: Relationship with Plant Diversity in Threatened White Sand Savanahs

Duniet Marrero Garcia, Jose A Osorio, Xiomara Galvez Aguilera and Felipe Chavez-Ramirez

164 Sandhill Crane Wintering Ecology in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California

Gary L. Ivey and Caroline P. Herziger

165 Habitat Characteristics Influencing Sandhill Crane Nest Site Selection

Anne E. Lacy and Su Liying

166 Selection Criteria for Important Sites for Wintering Sandhill Cranes in the Mexican Altiplano

Alberto Laron Terrazas and Eduardo Carrera Gonzalez

167 Extra-pair Paternity in Sandhill Cranes

Matthew A. Hayes, Hugh B. Britten, and Jeb A. Barzen

168 Mate Fidelity in a Dense Breeding Population of Sandhill Cranes

Matthew A. Hayes, Jeb A. Barzen, and Hugh B. Britten

169 Behavior Comparisons for Whooping Cranes Raised by Costumed Caregivers and Trained for an Ultralight-led Migration

Glenn H. Olsen and John B. French

170 Egg Breakage by Captive Cranes at the International Crane Foundation

Stacy Puchta, Michael S. Putnam, and Kelly Maguire

171 Infectious Bursal Disease in Wild Populations of Turkeys and Sandhill Cranes: Preliminary Findings

Kristen L. Candelora, Marilyn G. Spalding, Stephen A. Nesbitt, Holly S. Sellers, Jeremy Olson, Larry Perrin, and Jeannette Parker

173 Serological Survey for Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Exposure in Captive Cranes

Barry K. Hartup and Holly S. Sellers

175 Safety of West Nile Virus Vaccines in Sandhill Crane Chicks

Glenn H. Olsen, Kimberli J. Miller, Douglas E. Docherty, and Valerie Bochsler

176 A Wasting Syndrome in Released Whooping Cranes in Florida Associated with Infectious Bursal Disease Titers

Marilyn G. Spalding, Holly S. Sellers, Barry K. Hartup, and Glenn H. Olsen

177 Is Magnitude of Fat Storage by Spring-Staging Sandhill Cranes Declining in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska?

David A. Brandt and Gary L. Krapu

178 A Year-long Study of Food Consumption by Captive Whooping Cranes at the International Crane Foundation

Jessica J. Stocking, Michael S. Putnam, and Nathanial B. Warning

179 WORKSHOP RESOLUTIONS