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L <br />• <br />locations (100 %) were in Emergents. The other suspected roost location was in Open Water <br />pit /pond /lake. <br />ACTIVITY- <br />A total of 52.75 hours of continuous and instantaneous use (time budget) data of <br />Whooping Cranes was collected by ground personnel during 6 days of observation. Only the <br />juvenile Whooping Crane was monitored since it was the only individual that could be positively <br />identified. This bird constituted the "focus" crane as per protocol guidelines. All observations <br />were in diurnal use locations. The breakdown of observation time in various habitats is depicted <br />in Table 7. Most (57 %) of the diurnal activity recorded occurred in Emergents followed by corn <br />(32 %), soybeans (11 %), and open water canal (1 %). Two hundred eleven data points of activity <br />(time budget) were recorded. Feeding (70 %) was the most frequently observed activity followed <br />by preening (12 %), resting (8 %), alert (7 %), and courtship (2 %) (Table 8). <br />Table 7. Count of instant points by habitat. <br />Habitat <br />n <br />Hours <br />Percent <br />Ag -Corn <br />1 67 <br />16.75 <br />32% <br />Ag- SoyBean <br />1231 <br />5.75 <br />11%1 <br />Emergents <br />11201 <br />30 <br />57 %11 <br />Open Water Canal <br />1 1 <br />.25 <br /><1%I <br />TOTAL <br />1211152.75 <br />21 <br />67 <br />Table 8. Whooping Crane activity by habitat. <br />Habitat <br />Activity <br />n <br />Total <br />pct <br />Ag -Corn <br />I Alert <br />17 <br />1 67 <br />10% <br />Ag -Corn <br />IFeeding <br />1531 <br />67 <br />79% <br />Ag -Corn <br />113reening <br />121 <br />67 <br />3 %1. <br />Ag -Corn <br />ICourtshipl <br />21 <br />67 <br />4 %1 <br />Ag -Corn <br />lResting <br />131 <br />67 <br />4 %1 <br />Ag- Soybean <br />IFeeding <br />1191 <br />23 <br />83% <br />JAg- Soybean <br />JPreening <br />2 <br />23 <br />9% <br />Ag- Soybean <br />lResting <br />121 <br />23 <br />8% <br />Emergents <br />lert <br />7 <br />120 <br />I 6% <br />Emergents <br />1COurtship <br />1 11 <br />120 <br />1%1 <br />Emergents <br />IFeeding <br />1761 <br />120 <br />63% <br />Emergents <br />JPreening <br />1221 <br />1 201 <br />18 %I <br />Emergents <br />lResting <br />1121 <br />' <br />120 <br />10% <br />Open Water Canal <br />JCourtship <br />1 11 <br />11100% <br />Final Spring 2008 Whooping Crane Monitoring Report <br />6/20/2008 <br />7 <br />