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). 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 ChavezRamirez 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
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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). 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
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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
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