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i FIT <br />TABLE 2 -2 SUMMARY OF FEEDING HABITATS USED BY MIGRATING WHOOPING CRANES(a) <br />A. <br />I. Upland Habitats <br />Number of Observations <br />Spring Fall Total <br />mil o stubble <br />1 <br />3 <br />4 <br />Type 3 <br />wheat stubble <br />9 <br />14 <br />23 <br />wetl and 0 <br />barley stubble <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />corn stubble <br />5 <br />7 <br />12 <br />unidentified small grain stubble <br />9 <br />4 <br />13 <br />di sced agricultural field <br />3 <br />3 <br />6 <br />summer f al 1 ow field <br />0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />emerging wheat <br />3 <br />11 <br />14 - <br />1 <br />strips of emerging wheat and standing m it o <br />0 <br />5 <br />6 <br />mil o (crop status undetermined) <br />0 <br />3 <br />3 <br />wheat (crop status undetermined) <br />0 <br />6 <br />6 <br />corn (crop status undetermined) <br />1 <br />1 <br />2 <br />tame pasture <br />2 <br />2 <br />4 <br />_._ subi rri gated meadow <br />--1 <br />-1 <br />Type 1 <br />- Seasonally flooded basin or fl at;,:soil covered <br />with water or <br />35 <br />65 <br />100 <br />II. Wetland Habitats(b) <br />Type 1 <br />wetl and 2 <br />0 <br />2 <br />Type 3 <br />wetl and 0 <br />2 <br />2 <br />Type 4 <br />wetl and 0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Type 5 <br />wetl and (freshwater) 0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />irrigation <br />tai l w ater pit 1 <br />0 <br />1 <br />artificial <br />reservoir 0 <br />5 <br />5 <br />pl ay a lake <br />0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />inland <br />salt marsh 0 <br />3 <br />3 <br />al kal i ne 1 ake 0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />shallow <br />river 0 <br />-Z <br />3 <br />16 <br />19 <br />TO TAL <br />119 <br />(a) Source: <br />Johnson and Temple (1980, p. 51, Table 3). <br />(b) Wetland <br />classification as described in Wetlands of the United States - <br />Ci rcul ar <br />39 (FWS 1971, pp. 20 -22) : <br />Type 1 <br />- Seasonally flooded basin or fl at;,:soil covered <br />with water or <br />waterlogged during variable seasonal periods but usually well <br />drained during much of the growing season. <br />Type 3 <br />- Shallow fresh marsh; soil usually waterlogged <br />during the growing <br />season, often covered with 6 inches or more of <br />water. <br />Type 4 <br />- Deep fresh marsh; soil covered with 6 inches to <br />3 feet or more <br />of <br />water during the growing season. <br />Type 5 <br />- Open fresh water; shallow ponds and reservoirs <br />usually less than <br />10 feet deep and fringed by a border of emergent <br />vegetation. <br />2 -11 <br />