Whooping crane use around Air Force Bases in Oklahoma, 2017-2022

The Aransas-Wood Buffalo population of whooping cranes migrates through the U.S. Great Plains twice annually, moving between wintering areas along coastal Texas and summering areas in and around Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada. These birds primarily migrate within a roughly 300-km-wide corridor that spans areas in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and northwestern Montana in the U.S. The United States Air Force operates three bases in Oklahoma within the migration corridor of the whooping crane. These data support summarizations that identify temporal patterns of potential encounters, spatial patterns of use surrounding bases and regionally, and use of airspace by flying whooping cranes.

Aransas-Wood Buffalo种群的美洲鹤（whooping crane）每年两次迁徙途经美国大平原，往返于德克萨斯州沿海的越冬栖息地与加拿大伍德布法罗国家公园及其周边的夏季栖息区域之间。该种群的主要迁徙通道宽度约300公里，途经美国境内的德克萨斯州、俄克拉荷马州、堪萨斯州、内布拉斯加州、南达科他州、北达科他州以及蒙大拿州西北部区域。美国空军在这条美洲鹤迁徙通道内的俄克拉荷马州境内设有三处基地。本数据集可支撑相关总结分析，用以识别潜在的相遇时间模式、基地周边及区域尺度的栖息地利用空间模式，以及飞行中美洲鹤的空域使用情况。