Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
_________________Staging Area_____________ Date Kearney- Overton- Sutherland- Total Grand Island Elm Creek North Platte
14 March 1979 175,473 +/- 33,163 +/- 51,784 +/- 260,420 +/- 66,527 22,871 14,748 71,933 24 March 1979 231,126 +/- 22,717 +/- 52,632 +/- 306,475 +/- 67,820 8,288 11,702 69,319 20 March 1980 179,702 +/- 32,828 +/- 58,714 +/- 271,244 +/- 44,218 12,163 18,877 49,594 24 March 1980 228,140 +/- 74,106 +/- 51,659 +/- 353,905 +/- 54,092 34,399 70,926 78,772 4 April 1980 368,036 +/- 57,156 +/- ----* 443,219 +/- 37,151 36,589 67,861**
*26 March 1980 ground count was 93,651 **1980 maximum estimate was 541,282 if 26 March ground count is used for Sutherland-North Platte staging area.