Breeding expansion of sandhill cranes in Quebec

Author(s):  
Clara Casabona I Amat ◽  
Antoine Adde ◽  
Marc J. Mazerolle ◽  
Christine Lepage ◽  
Marcel Darveau
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pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Reinecke ◽  
Gary L. Krapu

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pp. 143-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry K. Hartup ◽  
Lauren Schneider ◽  
J. Michael Engels ◽  
Matthew A. Hayes ◽  
Jeb A. Barzen

1989 ◽  
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pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Tacha ◽  
Donald E. Haley ◽  
Paul A. Vohs

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Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 326-331 ◽  
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Stephen A. Nesbitt ◽  
Stephen T. Schwikert
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Blue Jay ◽  
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Saskatchewan Natural History Society
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Blue Jay ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Taylor
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2020 ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
J. Drew Lanham

This chapter shows how the author journeyed out to Nebraska in the last days of March to witness the tail end of one of the great ornithological wonders in North America: the northward migration of sandhill cranes along the Platte River. For probably 10,000 years or more, the tall, steel-gray birds have thrown their unmusically beautiful calls across the shallow floodplain that is now in the heart of America's corn and burger-producing breadbasket. In the air they were gracefully buoyant and powerful fliers. On the ground they were just as stately — walking, stalking, dancing, and prancing as crane-kind does. When one is surrounded by cranes it is easy to understand how the family of birds have generated awe and worship around the world.


2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 220-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard S. King ◽  
Patrick C. McKann ◽  
Brian R. Gray ◽  
Michael S. Putnam

Abstract The whooping crane Grus americana has a long conservation history, but despite multiple attempts across North America, introduction success is lacking. Recently introduced, captively reared whooping cranes have had periods of poor reproductive performance in central Wisconsin that sometimes coincided with black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) emergences. Sandhill crane Grus canadensis reproductive performance in central Wisconsin is approximately double that of whooping cranes. We used comfort behaviors as a measure of black fly harassment to infer whether behavioral differences existed between nesting sandhill cranes and nesting whooping cranes and between successful and unsuccessful whooping crane pairs. To further explore the interaction between black flies and incubating whooping cranes, we examined differences in behaviors between incubating birds and their off-nest mates. Compared to their off-nest mates, incubating whooping cranes exhibited elevated comfort behaviors, suggesting a bird at a nest may experience greater harassment from black flies. Sandhill cranes had elevated head-flicks over whooping cranes. Whooping cranes exhibited more head-rubs than sandhill cranes, and successful whooping crane pairs had elevated head-rubs over pairs that deserted their nests. Behavioral differences between sandhill cranes and whooping cranes as well as differences in reproductive performance, could be explained by exposure to local breeding conditions. Whereas sandhill cranes have nested in the area for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, whooping cranes were only recently introduced to the area. Behavioral differences between the species as well as those between successful and unsuccessful whooping crane pairs could also be explained by the effect of captive exposure, which could affect all whooping crane introductions.


1997 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn G. Spalding ◽  
William J. Wrenn ◽  
Stephen T. Schwikert ◽  
James A. Schmidt

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