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Table 2. Sightings Of Whooping Cranes In The Platte River Valley, 1912 -1948. <br />Group Number <br />of <br />Season <br />Year <br />Month <br />#Days Confimed Dates of 2 <br />Location <br />Bridge <br />County <br />River <br />Con <br />ID <br />of Use River Use <br />Use' <br />Segment3 <br />Miles4 <br />Cranes <br />2 <br />SPRING <br />1912 <br />North of Prosser <br />Hall <br />2 adults sho <br />River. <br />SPRING <br />1919 <br />March <br />1 <br />3/29/19 Near Kearney <br />Buffalo <br />Small flock <br />island in the <br />in a large flo <br />Cranes. <br />2 <br />FALL <br />1920 <br />October <br />1 <br />10/7/20 Near Kearney <br />Buffalo <br />Seen on the <br />10 <br />FALL <br />1920 <br />October <br />1 <br />10/10/20 Near Kearney <br />Buffalo <br />Seen on the <br />3 <br />FALL <br />1920 <br />October <br />1 <br />10/15/20 Near Kearney <br />Buffalo <br />Seen on the <br />7 <br />SPRING <br />1922 <br />May <br />5 <br />May 1 -5 Near Golary <br />Buffalo <br />Seen on the <br />farm; near <br />Kearney <br />11 <br />SPRING <br />1924 <br />April <br />1 <br />4/13/24 Just West of <br />Buffalo <br />Flock seen 1 <br />Kearney <br />Platte River <br />range and s <br />Northwest. <br />4 <br />FALL <br />1924 <br />October <br />1 <br />10/16/24 Just East of <br />Buffalo <br />Seen on the <br />bridge at <br />Kearney <br />3 <br />SPRING <br />1925 <br />April <br />1 <br />4/7/25 South of A. R. <br />Buffalo <br />3 seen aligh <br />Golay home; <br />sandbar in F <br />near Kearney <br />1 <br />FALL <br />1925 <br />October <br />1 <br />10/19/25 Just East of <br />Buffalo <br />1 seen flyinc <br />bridge at <br />circling towe <br />Kearney <br />5 <br />FALL <br />1925 <br />October <br />1 <br />10/25/25 A few miles west <br />Dawson <br />5 seen flyinc <br />of Odessa <br />the Platte Ri <br />5 <br />FALL <br />1925 <br />October <br />1 <br />10/25/25 West of bridge at <br />Dawson <br />5 seen on a <br />Overton <br />the Platte Ri <br />2 juveniles). <br />2 <br />SPRING <br />1926 <br />April <br />1 <br />4/4/26 5 miles west of <br />Buffalo <br />Seen along <br />Kearney <br />2 <br />SPRING <br />1926 <br />April <br />1 <br />4/4/26 Just south of <br />Buffalo <br />2 seen and I <br />Kearney <br />in close corr <br />large flock o <br />cranes flyinc <br />Platte River <br />(probably w( <br />birds as the <br />6 SPRING 1926 April 1 4/7/26 4 miles west of Buffalo 6 seen resth <br />Kearney sandbar in tl <br />River amon( <br />of sandhill c <br />showed trac <br />reddish brov <br />plumage). <br />Draft Baseline Report — Whooping Crane Section 20 <br />