NINTH NORTH AMERICAN CRANE WORKSHOP

# **SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS**

Location: All scientific sessions except #2 in John Q Ballroom

# WEDNESDAY January 22

**Session 1 Populations and Genetics**. **Doug Johnson**, **Chair**

0830 1 A fresh look at the taxonomy of midcontinental Sandhill Cranes.
*Douglas H. Johnson, Jane E. Austin, and Jill A. Shaffer*

0845 2 Definition of subpopulations within mid-continent Sandhill
Cranes: a nuclear approach. *Ken L. Jones, Gary L. Krapu, David A.
Brandt, and M.V. Ashley*

0900 3 Migration routes, staging areas, and wintering grounds of
Sandhill Cranes that breed in Siberia. *Gary L. Krapu and David A.
Brandt*

0915 4 Distribution of Sandhill Cranes banded at Bosque de Apache NWR,
1959-1962. *Roderick C. Drewien and Wendy M. Brown*

0930 5 Migration chronology, routes, and winter and summer range of the
Pacific Flyway population of the Lesser Sandhill Cranes. *Michael J.
Petrula and Thomas C. Rothe*

0945 6 Genetic assessment of non-migratory Sandhill Crane populations.
*Ken L. Jones. Felipe Chavez-Ramirez, Xiomara Galvez Aguilera, Alejandro
Torella, and M.V. Ashley*

1000 Break

1015 7 Changes of the Common Crane population in the western part of
Europe within four decades - breeding, resting, migration, wintering.
*Hartwig Prange*

1030 8 Satellite monitoring of Sandhill Cranes marked at Ridgefield NWR,
Washington. *Gary L. Ivey and Thomas J. Hoffmann*

**Session 2** **\[River City View Room\]** **Health and Physiology.**
**Barry Hartup,** **Chair**

Concurrent with presentations 1-8, 19-20

0830 9 Abnormalities and injuries in Sandhill Cranes captured in
Florida. *Stephen A. Nesbitt, Marilyn G. Spalding, and Stephen T.
Schwikert*

0845 10 Capture of Sandhill Cranes using alpha-chloralose. *Matthew A.
Hayes, Barry K. Hartup, Jeanne M. Pittman, and Jeb A. Barzen*

0900 11 Disease exposure in pre-fledged Florida Sandhill Crane chicks.
*Robert J. Dusek and Marilyn G. Spalding*

0915 12 West Nile Virus vaccination and challenge in Sandhill Cranes.
*Glenn H. Olsen, Kimberly Miller, Doug Docherty, and Louis Sileo*

0930 13 Visual ecology in cranes. *Matthew Kinloch, Thomas W. Cronin,
and Glenn H. Olsen*

0945 14 Whooping Crane titers to Eastern Equine Encephalitis
vaccination. *Glenn H. Olsen, Erin Kolski, Douglas Docherty, and Jeffrey
S. Hatfield*

1000 Break

1015 15 Capture, treatment, and mortality of Greater Sandhill Cranes
entrapped in mud at Jemez Canyon Reservoir. *William R. DeRagon, Wendy
M. Brown, Gale Garber, and Mike Richards*

1030 16 Investigation of fertility: artificial insemination timing in
Florida Sandhill Cranes*. Ken L. Jones, Jane M. Nicolich, and George F.
Gee*

1045 17 Fecal corticosterone monitoring in Whooping Cranes trained to
follow ultralight aircraft. *Barry K. Hartup, Nancy M. Czekala, Glenn H.
Olsen, and Julia A. Langenberg*

1100 18 Health management for the re-introduction of Whooping Cranes
using ultralight guided migration. *Julia A. Langenberg, Barry K.
Hartup, Glenn H. Olsen, Marilyn G. Spalding, and Kim Miller*

**Session 3** **Whooping Cranes**. **Glenn Olsen**, **Chair**

1045 19 Whooping Crane monitoring and habitat use along the central
Platte River, Nebraska, during migration 2001 and 2002. *Clayton Derby,
Shay Howlin, and Dale Strickland*

1100 20 Demographic analysis of counts of Whooping Cranes from the
Aransas/Wood Buffalo population. *William A. Link, A. Andrew Royle, and
Jeff S. Hatfield*

1115 21 Historical breeding and wintering habitat use by the Whooping
Crane ([Grus americana]{.underline}). *Matthew A. Hayes and Jeb A.
Barzen*

1130 22 Patterns of food use of wintering Whooping Cranes in coastal
Texas. *Craig M. Westwood and Felipe Chavez-Ramirez*

1145 23 Philopatry and dispersal in Whooping Cranes. *Brian W. Johns,
Paul Goossen, and Ernie Kuyt*

1200 Luncheon Buffet

1300 24 Techniques employed to capture Whooping Cranes in central
Florida. *Martin J. Folk, Stephen A. Nesbitt, Stephen T. Schwikert,
James A. Schmidt, Kathleen A. Sullivan, Thomas J. Miller, Stephen B.
Baynes, and Jeannette A. Parker*

1315 25 Use of wading birds as indicators of potential Whooping Crane
wintering habitat. *Dawn A. Sherry and Felipe Chavez-Ramirez*

1330 26 Breeding biology of reintroduced non-migratory Whooping Cranes
in Florida. *Martin J. Folk, Stephen A. Nesbitt, Stephen T. Schwikert,
James A. Schmidt, Kathleen A. Sullivan, Thomas J. Miller, Stephen B.
Baynes, and Jeannette A. Parker*

1345 27 Patterns of relationships among Whooping Crane fitness, blue
crab abundance, and freshwater inflows: an exploratory assessment of
available data sets. *Felipe Chavez-Ramirez*

## Session 4 Management and Depredation. Jeb Barzen, Chair

1400 28 The Greater Sandhill Crane in California: planning, research,
and management activities since 1978. *Ronald W. Schlorff*

1415 29 An adaptive approach to river channel management on the Platte
River in central Nebraska. *Paul J. Currier*

1430 30 Sandhill Crane use of managed chufa wetlands at Bosque del
Apache NWR, New Mexico*. John P. Taylor and Loren Smith*

1445 Break

1500 31 Evaluating crop damage and a deterrent at two scales of habitat
selection. *Anne E. Lacy, Jeb A. Barzen, and Daniel A. Marschalek*

1515 32 An evaluation of anthra-quinone as a solution to crop damage by
Sandhill Cranes. *Tamara P. Miller, Jeb A. Barzen, Anne E. Lacy, and
Kristin A. Lucas*

1530 33 Measuring and abating crop damage by Sandhill Cranes in an
ecological context*. Jeb A. Barzen and Anne E. Lacy*

1545 34 Crane depredations: farmers and nature reserves in southeastern
Russia. *Stephen H. Bouffard and John Cornely*

1600 35 Management changes and disturbance impacts on a southeastern
Oregon Greater Sandhill Crane autumn use area. *C. D. Littlefield*

1615 36 Predator management at Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR. *Scott G.
Hereford and Jereme N. Phillips*

# FRIDAY January 24

**Session 5 Range and Habitat**. **Wendy Brown**, **Chair**

0830 37 Spatial and temporal patterns of habitat use by Sandhill Cranes
in an agricultural landscape of central Wisconsin. *Su Liying, Jeb A.
Barzen, and Timothy C. Moermond*

0845 38 Habitat selection by breeding Sandhill Cranes in central
Wisconsin. *Tamara P. Miller and Jeb A. Barzen*

0900 39 Nest site selection by Greater Sandhill Cranes in Marquette
County, Wisconsin. *Tamara P. Miller and Zoe Rickenbach*

0915 40 Northern-nesting geese compete with Sandhill Cranes for waste
corn in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska. *Gary L. Krapu and
David A. Brandt*

0930 41 Population density of Sandhill Cranes influenced by land cover
and landscape features across Wisconsin. *Su Liying, Volker Radeloff,
Jeb A. Barzen, and Timothy C. Moermond*

0945 42 Sandhill Crane nesting in the Yorkton Wetland Complex,
Saskatchewan, Canada. *Ann M. Burke*

1000 Break

**Session 6** **Migratory Reintroductions** **Richard Urbanek,**
**Chair**

1015 43 Recent developments in crane reintroduction techniques. *David
H. Ellis, Glenn H. Olsen, Scott G. Hereford, Jane M. Nicolich, and Jared
Kwitowski*

1030 44 Reintroduction techniques: post-release assessment of Sandhill
Cranes (1) led on migration by ultralight aircraft and (2) released into
wild flocks. *Richard P. Urbanek and Lara E.A. Fondow*

1045 45 Reintroduction of migratory Whooping Cranes to eastern North
America: first year results. *Richard P. Urbanek, Marianne Wellington,
Sara E. Zimorski, Anne E. Lacy, and Lara E.A. Fondow*

1100 NACWG General Business Meeting

1200 Luncheon Buffet

## Session 7 Non-Migratory Sandhill Cranes Tracy Grazia, Chair

1300 46 Mississippi Sandhill Crane update. *Scott G. Hereford, Tracy E.
Grazia, and Jereme N. Phillips*

1315 47 Current status of the research program on Cuban Sandhill Cranes
([Grus canadensis nesiotes]{.underline}). *Xiomara Galvez Aguilera and
Felipe Chavez Ramirez*

1330 48 Anti-predator conditioning in Mississippi Sandhill Cranes. *J.
Jill Heatley, Thomas N. Tully Jr., Giselle Hosgood, Susan K. Mikota, and
Glenn H. Olsen*

1345 49 Response of Florida Sandhill Cranes to nest inspections.
*Stephen A. Nesbitt*

1400 50 International Crane Foundation sponsored environmental
education: Conservation of the Cuban Sandhill Crane. *Korie M. Klink*

1415 Break

1430 51 Foraging behavior of the Cuban Sandhill Crane in the Los Indios
Ecological reserve, Isle of Youth Cuba. *Vicente Berovides Alvarez, and
Xiomara Galvez Aguilera*

1445 52 Causes of Mississippi Sandhill Crane chick mortality. *Glenn H.
Olsen, Scott G. Hereford, Tracy E. Grazia, and Jereme N. Phillips*

1500 53 Habitat use and selection by Cuban Sandhill Cranes in the Los
Indios Ecological Reserve, Isle of Youth Cuba. *Xiomara Galvez Aguilera,
Felipe Chavez-Ramirez, and Vicente Berovides Alvarez*