GPS-GSM Locations

Transmitters were programmed to record a location every 15 minutes, allowing us to capture migration pathways used by each crane. We assigned population affiliation based on migratory flyway (Central Flyway = Mid-Continent Population [MCP], Mississippi Flyway = Eastern Population [EP]). Note, however, that a small number of cranes used multiple flyways suggesting some plasticity in migration routes (see Interesting Observations/Multiple Flyways). Note: each crane is represented by a different color.

Below is a table of the number of observations per crane by year.

Year
ID 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
0A (Callaway colt 2015) NA 155 NA NA NA
0C (Callaway colt 2014) NA 7576 11304 NA NA
0E (recovered from Ras colt #2) NA 675 NA NA NA
0J (Waubun adult #2) NA 7522 12848 NA NA
0K Deglman #1 NA 2365 11314 12529 2259
0M (N of Mud Lake) NA 7150 13513 3786 NA
1A (Inman colt #2) NA 1567 NA NA NA
1C (W Staples colt #1) NA 55 NA NA NA
1J (Santiago #3) NA 372 13649 10782 NA
1K (Melby colt #2) NA 3250 6020 1639 NA
1M (Min/Maint Rd) NA 1890 NA NA NA
2A (Helliksen July 2015 colt) NA 7042 16676 2506 NA
2C (Melby adult) NA 3235 NA NA NA
2E Beaulieu colt NA 5009 87 NA NA
2K (Rasmussen colt #1) NA 232 NA NA NA
2M (Bagley) NA 8638 14633 9569 2224
3A (Barb Wire) NA 720 7 72 NA
3C (Larson adult #2) NA 6156 5428 NA NA
3E (Wambach adult) NA 1642 14544 15205 4193
3K (Rasmussen adult) NA 5967 11239 10438 2386
3M (Callaway adult) NA 2868 NA NA NA
4A (Dower colt) NA 4287 17450 3521 NA
4C (Star Lake/Tweeton) NA 743 NA NA NA
4E Larson adult #1 NA 4637 13012 15472 3050
4J (Santiago #1) NA 1979 16122 15513 4123
4K (Waubun #1) NA 6546 15790 12347 2874
4M (Ogema adult) NA 8344 16183 14852 2166
5A (W Staples colt #1) NA 8358 16784 17575 3531
5C (Stockyard colt) NA 4750 17326 16064 4395
5E (Linden Kologi colt #2) NA 11 NA NA NA
5J (Deglman #3) NA 2214 16372 4353 NA
5K (Helliksen July adult 2015) NA 7983 16406 14658 2993
5M (Beaulieu adult) NA 7333 4886 NA NA
6A (Pelican Rapids colt) NA 7302 15173 13915 4122
6C (Rice Lake colt 2014) 3214 14242 11878 3637 NA
6E (Linden-Kologi) NA 6602 13222 4673 269
6M (Larson colt #2) NA 4944 12635 5070 NA
7A (Hackensack) 4811 NA NA NA NA
7C (Helliksen colt 2014) 5755 184 NA NA NA
7E (Nora Township colt) NA 6950 16761 15901 3924
7J (Melby colt #1) NA 5941 14947 16597 5466
7K (Larson colt #1) NA 5717 13777 7815 2761
7M (E of Mud Lake colt) NA 475 NA NA NA
8J (Inman colt #1) NA 4929 NA NA NA
8K (Deglman #2) NA 2275 12737 11278 974
8M (Stockyard adult) NA 3594 12906 11127 2951
9A (Santer) 9923 4253 NA NA NA
9C (Helliksen adult April 2015) NA 9385 3853 NA NA
9J (Waubun colt) NA 2082 NA NA NA
9K (Santiago #2) NA 1401 15650 10521 NA
9M (Inman adult) NA 7375 17553 16428 2626