Welder Wildlife Refuge Reference Source / Greater Sandhill Crane

Source Population: What's This?
Wild
Capture Site Name: What's This?
Seney National Wildlife Refuge
Capture Location:
Michigan, USA
Capture Site Latitude: What's This?
46°15′N
Capture Site Longitude: What's This?
86°06′W
Capture Site Population: What's This?
200 - 300 Reference Source
Capture Site Population Year: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Capture Method: What's This?
Hand
Reference Source
Number Captured: What's This?
15
Percentage Captured: What's This?
5.00% - 7.50%
Transport Method: What's This?
Plane
Helicopter
Reference Source
Transport Timespan (in hours): What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Number Dead in Transport: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Percentage Dead in Transport: What's This?
Not Located Reference Source
Notes: What's This?
Took eggs from wild population & raised in captivity for an experimental release. Goal was to determine if captive bred birds released on wintering grounds would follow conspecifics on migration route. Want to develop technique to adapt to endangered whooping crane.TRANSPORT METHOD: "by air"- don't know by what
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Nicki Gerlach, Jade McGill