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<br />" ...... ~. <br />4U:'-,:" <br /> <br />Table 2 indicates the variability in the total number of reported <br />whooping crane stghtlngs between the years of 1949-1977. However, <br />due to intensive research and protection programs, the population <br />has increased rather dramatically to an estimated 71 birds in <br />January 1978. <br /> <br />Table 2.--Total number of whooping cranes sighted in Nebraska <br /> (1949-1977) II <br /> Known no. Number of bi rds Percent of existing <br />Season Year of wil d bi rds seen in Nebraska wil d flock <br />Fall 1949 34 2 06 <br />Spri ng 1950 y 34 3 09 <br />Spri ng 195B 26 3 12 <br />Fa11 1959 33 2 06 <br />Fall 1960 y 36 3 08 <br />Fall 1964 35 4 11 <br />Fall 1965 42 3 07 <br />Fall 1966 y 43 5 12 <br />Spri ng 1968 48 2 04 <br />S pri ng 1969 50 1 02 <br />Fall 1969 56 1 02 <br />S pri ng 1970 56 2 04 <br />Fall 1971 59 8 14 <br />Fall 1972 51 3 06 <br />S pri ng 1973 51 4 08 <br />Fall 1973 49 3 06 <br />Spring 1974 47 4 09 <br />Fall 1974 49 16 33 <br />Spri n9 1975 49 16 33 <br />Fall 1975 57 6 11 <br />Spri n9 1976 57 9 16 <br />Fall 1976 69 22 32 <br />Spring 1977 69 1 01 <br />Fall 1977 71 7 10 <br />Total 130 <br /> <br />1/ Sighting sources: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Fish and <br />. Wildlife Service, Nebraska Ornithologists Union, Dr. J. Bleise. <br />Y For the years 1951-1957, 1961-1963, and 1967, no confirmed sightings <br />of whooping cranes were noted during an extensive literature review. <br />This fact, however, does not preclude the possibility of verifiable, <br />but unreported, sightings of whooping cranes in Nebraska during these <br />years. <br /> <br />35 <br />