Aug 24, 1988 / Seney National Wildlife Refuge / Greater Sandhill Crane

Supplemental Feedings: What's This?
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Feeding Duration (in days): What's This?
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Marked With: What's This?
Leg Bands
Transmitters
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Monitored By: What's This?
Sight
Transmitters
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Monitoring Duration: What's This?
12.00 or more Reference Source
Number Survived 1 Week: What's This?
16 Reference Source
Percentage Survived 1 Week: What's This?
100.00 Reference Source
Number Survived 1 Month: What's This?
16 Reference Source
Percentage Survived 1 Month: What's This?
100.00 Reference Source
Number Survived 1 Year: What's This?
15 or more Reference Source
Percentage Survived 1 Year: What's This?
94.00 or more Reference Source
Main Cause of Death: What's This?
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Breeding Attempted: What's This?
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Breeding Successful: What's This?
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Return Allowed: What's This?
Yes Reference Source
Notes: What's This?
Study done to determine procedures for releasing Whooping cranes into wild using sandhill cranes as surrogates. RELEASE DATES: Aug 24- Sept 7. ACCLIMATIZATION DURATION: Were allowed to leave release pen whenever they were ready. NOTE: 8 chicks migrated with wild flock. Other 8 were recaptured, then released at another site from which they migrated.
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Jade McGill