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Title:
AERIAL CENSUS TECHNIQUES FOR WHOOPING CRANES ON THE TEXAS COAST


Date: 2008


Authors:
THOMAS V. STEHN, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
THOMAS E. TAYLOR, Rockport Aerial Services

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Citation:
Stehn, T. V., and T. E. Taylor. 2008. Aerial census techniques for whooping cranes on the Texas coast. Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop 10:146-151.

Abstract:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, using aerial surveys, regularly monitors the whooping crane (Grus americana) population wintering along the Texas coast. These regular census flights began in 1950 and have produced a long-term data set on the growth of a small population of endangered birds. This paper describes the specific methodology used by the authors during census flights.

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