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HAEHNLE SANCTUARY FALL CRANE COUNTSHaehnle Memorial Sanctuary conducts a Crane Count at the sanctuary starting the first Monday after Labor Day and every Monday thereafter until the Sandhill Cranes depart for the winter. The counts start around 3:30 PM. (For 2007, the September counts will be on Tuesdays.) This page contains current and historic count data. Crane counts and other sightings for this season (Fall 2007)Peak Crane counts 1941 to 2006Detail counts 1969 to 2004The following are the counts for 2003 to present. |
| 2003 Date | 2003 Count | 2004 Date | 2004 Count | 2005 Date | 2005 Count | 2006 Date | 2006 Count | 2007 Date | 2007 Count |
| 8-Sep | 216 | 5-Sep |
149 |
4-Sep | 4-Sep |
81 |
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| 15-Sep | 271 | 20-Sep | 369 | 12-Sep | 103 | 11-Sep | 311 | 11-Sep | 171 |
| 22-Sep | 319 | 27-Sep | 474 | 19-Sep | 248 | 18-Sep | 325 | 18-Sep | 259 |
| 29-Sep | 910 | 26-Sep | 644 | 25-Sep | 544 | 25-Sep | 235 | ||
| 6-Oct | 1,094 | 4-Oct | 880 | 3-Oct | 719 | 2-Oct | 956 | 2-Oct | 431 |
| 13-Oct | 2,110 | 11-Oct | 1,547 | 10-Oct | 363 | 9-Oct | 1,564 | 8-Oct | 1162 |
| 20-Oct | 2,897 | 18-Oct | 2,072 | 17-Oct | 604 | 16-Oct | 1,170 | 15-Oct | 2071 |
| 28-Oct | 2,756 | 25-Oct | 2,952 | 24-Oct |
386 |
23-Oct |
1,087 |
22-Oct |
2478 |
| 31-Oct | 1,538 | 30-Oct | 553 | 29-Oct | 2219 | ||||
| 3-Nov | 2,975 | 1-Nov | 2,570 | 7-Nov | 1,136 | 6-Nov | 454 | 5-Nov | 2131 |
| 10-Nov | 2,652 | 8-Nov | 1,248 | 14-Nov | 1,902 | 13-Nov | 753 | 12-Nov | 2065 |
| 17-Nov | 3,071 | 15-Nov | 2,236 | 21-Nov | 2,310 | 20-Nov | 197 | 19-Nov | 3885 |
| 24-Nov | 3,924 | 22-Nov | 2,102 | 28-Nov | 549 | 27-Nov | 830 | 26-Nov | 3 |
| 29-Nov | |||||||||
| 1-Dec | 1,209 | 6-Dec | 5-Dec | 0 | 4-Dec | 0 | |||
| 8-Dec | 0 | 13-Dec | 11-Dec | 0 | |||||
Monday, November 26, 2007
Crane count- 3
Other sightings:
35+ Black Ducks were the only waterfowl.
What a differance a week makes. I had 3 cranes fly by and Mud Lake Marsh
is about 1/2 frozen. This will be the last report for the year. Have a good
holiday season,.
Gary Siegrist
Monday, November 19, 2007
Crane count- 2065
Other sightings:
Northern Shrike-1 Adult
Whooping Crane-1
Lots of water fowl!
Well with poor visibility and not arriving until 3:30 p.m. we had a near
record count of 3885 Sandhill Cranes roosting in the sanctuary. If you are
wondering what is the record, 3924 is the record and was in 2003 on Nov.
24th.
Gary Siegrist
Monday, November 12, 2007
Crane count- 2065
Other sightings:
Trumpter Swan-2
Rough-legged Hawk-1
Am. Kestral-1
Wild Turkey in tree
Cedar Waxwing-50+
The visibility was very low at times. Large flock (600+) came in to Mud
Lake Marsh between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m. Whooping crane is still returning to
roost. Last night he came from the northwest. Lots of waterfowl still using
the sanctuary.
Gary Siegrist
Monday, November 5, 2007
Crane count- 2131
Other sightings:
Northern Harrier-1 (im.)
Rusty Blackbird- 10
Coopers Hawk-1
Red-tailed Hawk-1
Gary Siegrist
Monday, October29, 2007
Crane count- 2219
Other sightings:
Gadwall-6
American Wigeon-4
Mallard-100+
Black Duck-25+
American Coot-200+
Northern Pintail-10+
Ring-necked Duck-2
Blue and Green-wing Teal
Pied-billed Grebe-2
Northern Harrier-1 (im.)
Coopers Hawk-1
Rusty Blackbird-10+
White-throated Sparrow
Sunday night a Northern Shrike was sighted below the observation hill.
The Whooping Crane returned to roost at 6:15 DST.
Gary Siegrist
Monday, October 22, 2007
Crane count- 2478
Other sightings:
RThe Whooping Crane continues to use the marsh as a roosting site. He
returned to
Mud Lake Marsh at 6:10 p.m. DST. and is still flying into Haehnle from
thenorth/northeast.
Large flights of Canada Geese and many kinds of waterfowl are using
thesanctuary.
The Trumpter Swans were seen and a White-throated Sparrow was heard.
Two Northern Harriers (im) also using the marsh
A special thank's to Robyn Henise for being a good sport.
Gary Siegrist
Monday, October 15, 2007
Crane count- 2071
Other sightings:
Rusty Blackbird-2+
Black Duck-15+
Northern Shoveler-3
Gadwall-2
Northern Pintail-4
Green-wing Teal-25+
American Coot-7
Wood Duck-10
Northern Harrier-2 (im.)
Sharp-shinned Hawk-2
Red-tail Hawk-2
Trumpter Swan-2
Pied-billed Grebe-3
Ring-neck Duck-23 on Eagle Lake
Largest numbers coming into sanctuary to roost bewteen 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.
The Whooping crane has been roosting every night at Haehnle, last night it
arrived at 6:40 p.m. from the north.
Gary Siegrist
Monday, October 8, 2007
Crane count- 1162
Other sightings:
Green Wing Teal-50+
Mallard Duck-25+
Great Blue Heron-3
Black Duck-1
Gadwall-2
Chimney Swift-2
Wood Duck-50+
Gray Catbird-1
Eastern Towhee
Northern Harrier-1 (im.)
Trumpter Swan-2
We did have one other crane come in to visit us around 7:15 p.m. The
Whooping crane flew in with a large group of cranes coming to use the
sanctuary to roost. This is he second time a Whooping Crane has
been recorded at Haehnle.
Gary Siegrist
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Crane count- 431
Other sightings:
Trumpeter Swan(2)
Wood Duck(200+)
American Black Duck(1)
Double-crested Cormorant(2)
Great Egret(5)
Northern Harrier(1)
Peregrine Falcon(1)-adult bird flew right across in front of the
lookoutbenches
Common Snipe(2)
White-throated Sparrow(1)
The crane count at Haehnle got rained out Monday night so Gary asked if
Robyn and I would count tonight.
Don & Robyn Henise
Tuesday, September 27, 2007
Crane count- 235
Other sightings:
Merlin-1 male
Sharp-shinned Hawk-2
Northern Harrier-1 (im.)
Coopers Hawk-1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo-1
Chimney Swift-1
Killdeer-4
Trumpeter Swan-2
Great Egret-10
Gadwalls-2
Wood Duck-25+
Grey Catbird-1
Lots of mosquitos, if you coome out to sanctuary bring spray.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Crane count- 259
Other sightings:
Dunlin-6
Wood Duck-100+
Teal-25+
Purple Finch-1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Great Egret-8
Gary Siegrist
Whooping Crane
Tuesday , September 18, at 7:10 a.m. we had our
first ever record of a Whooping Crane at the sanctuary. After contacting ICF
in Wisconsin our visitor is a male that was hatched in 2005. We have seen the
crane 4 times, once on Monday and three times on Tuesday.
Ron Hoffman was first to sight the crane on
Monday around noon. The last couple of days we not seen the Whooping Crane
after many tries to relocate. After talking with ICF they would like us to
document all sighting. We are confident that the crane is still in area. If
you see this bird please contact myself or Ron Hoffman. My home phone is
517-522-5990, cell is 517-937-1095. Ron Hoffman's home phone is 517-769-6891.
Or send a e-mail.
The Whoopoing Crane was also seen on M52 just
north of Chelsea, and on October 8 was seen landing in Haehnle Sanctuary
with a group of Sandhill Cranes
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Crane count- 171
Other sightings:
Sharp-swhinned Hawk-2
Red-tail Hawk-1
Great Egret-10
Chimney Swift-10+
Tree Swallow-10+
Greater Yellowlegs-1
American Robin-25+
Cedar Waxwings-35+
Great Blue Heron-2
Turkey Vulture-20+
Great Horned Owl-calling
Crane count for this Tuesday was 171, with the largest coming into
sanctuary between 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Gary Siegrist
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Crane count- 81
Other sightings:
Great Egret-3
Trumpeter Swans-2
Eastern Kingbird-1
Wood Duck-4
Large flock of blackbirds
Flock of shorebirds.
The Sandhill crane count for this week was 81. The mosquito count, fifty
million. Thank you Don Henise for being on the dinner menu for our little
guys.
Gary Siegrist
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