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Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River
Appendix C
Confirmed Whooping Crane Sightings in Central Platte River Study Area, 1942-2003
Compiled by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River
Group ID
Number of Cranes
Year
Confirmed 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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Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River
Location, milesb
Bridge Segmentc
River Milesd
Comment
3 E Lexington Bridge
W
—
4 W Kearney Bridge
9
—
SE of Overton
11
NA
6 S, 5 E of Overton
11
NA
6 NE of Philips
1
158
2 E Minden (#10) Bridge
7
206
0.5 E Odessa Bridge
9
223.5
Some of 9 birds hazed from Funk basin
0.5 E Odessa Bridge
9
223.5
2 E Minden (#10) Bridge
7
206
Audubon Sanctuary
6,7
207
Assumed same birds as 80A-12
1 E Minden/I-80 Interchange
7
—
6 SE of Shelton
5
191.1
7 SE of Shelton
5
NA
Joined 83B-21
6 S, 2 W of Shelton
6
NA
Early AM; probable river use
1.5 E Minden (#10) Bridge
7
206.4
2 E Kearney Bridge
8
213
Assumed same birds as 86B-88
1.5 S, 1 E of Hwy 44/I-80 Interchange
8
NA
W of Gibbon Bridge (Lowell area)
6,7
202.9-
206.4
Mormon Island Crane Meadows
3
NA
Brief stop during day’s migration
1.25 E Gibbon Bridge
6
201.2
0.75 W Minden (#10) Bridge
8
208.6,
209.6
Group moved to Odessa (88A-2)
3 W Odessa Bridge
9,10
226.3
227.6
See 88A-1
3 W Wood River Bridge
5
189.5-
189.8
1 W Alda Bridge
4
183
Possibly same bird as 88A-3
2.5 W Wood River Bridge
5
188-
191.1
3 W Minden (#10) Bridge
8
211
2.5 W Wood River Bridge
5
2 E Alda Bridge
3-4
180
2nd site 2 W Alda Bridge
0.5 W Minden (#10) 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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Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River
Group ID
Number of Cranes
Year
Confirmed 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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Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River
Location, milesb
Bridge Segmentc
River Milesd
Comment
1 E Gibbon Bridge
6
2.5 E of Minden Bridge
7
205.6, 206.6
2nd site 1.25 E of Minden 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 Bridge
5
191.1
0.5 upstream Wood River Bridge
4,5
187.8
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, 207.6
Rowe Sanctuary
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 interchange
6
Platte River, 3 E (downstream) Hwy 10 Bridge
7
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Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River
Group ID
Number of Cranes
Year
Confirmed River Use
Dates of Usea
01B-37
3
2001
Y
11/4
02A-1
1
2002
Y
3/19-4/13
02B-1
1
2002
Y
10/13-14
02B-3
1
2002
Y
10/14
02B-40
8
2002
Y
11/1-10
02B-41
2
2002
Y
11/1-3
02B-42
3
2002
Y
11/1-10
02B-43
1
2002
Y
11/5-10
03A-3
2
2003
Y
4/3-4
03A-6
2
2003
Y
4/8
aWhen initial sighting occurred in early morning, arrival was assumed to be previous day.
bOnly two Platte River Valley sightings west of Lexington.
cLocations are distances in miles from identified landmark.
dCorps of Engineers river miles.
Sources: USFWS, Grand Island, unpublished data, 1975-2003.
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Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River
Location, milesb
Bridge Segmentc
River Milesd
Comment
Platte River, 2.75 E (downstream Hwy 10)
7
2 S, 3 W Wood River Road /I-80 interchange
5
3 W Doniphan; Platte River west Alda Bridge
3,5
1 W of Rowe Sanctuary office
7
1.5 S, 0.75 W Doniphan
3
Near Odessa Bridge and upstream and downstream
9
Kearney Bridge
Upstream and downstream Alda Bridge
3,4
5 S, 3 W Chapman
1
0.25 E Minden Bridge
7
2.6 E Elm Creek Bridge
10
Representative terms from entire chapter:
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