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Table 6. Habitat types used by feeding whooping cranes during migration through the Great Plains.

__________No. of observations_________ Habitat type Spring Fall Total
Upland sites Milo stubble 1 3 4 Wheat stubble 9 14 23 Barley stubble 1 2 3 Corn stubble 5 7 12 Unidentified small grain stubble 9 4 13 Emerging wheat 3 11 14 Strips of emerging wheat and standing milo 0 5 5 Milo (crop status undetermined) 0 3 3 Wheat (crop status undetermined) 0 6 6 Corn (crop status undetermined) 1 1 2 Disced agricultural field 3 3 6 Summer fallow field 0 1 1 Tame pasture 2 2 4 Subirrigated meadow 1 3 4 Subtotal 35 65 100 Wetland sites* Type 1 wetland 2 0 2 Type 3 wetland 0 2 2 Type 4 wetland 0 1 1 Type 5 wetland (freshwater) 0 1 1 Irrigation tailwater pit 1 0 1 Artificial reservoir 0 5 5 Playa lake 0 1 1 Inland salt marsh 0 3 3 Alkaline lake 0 1 1 Shallow river 0 2 2 Subtotal 3 16 19 Total 38 81 119
*Classification of wetlands follows Martin et al. (1953).

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