ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This research received funding from African Bird Club (Conservation
Award), Leiden Conservation Foundation (African Fund for Cranes courtesy
of the International Crane Foundation/Endangered Wildlife Trust
Partnership) and activities of a CEPF-funded project to Crane
Conservation Volunteers (CCV). The first author was granted an in-kind
support of field equipment from IdeaWild (Denver, CO., USA), Werner
Schröder (NABU, BirdLife Germany), Dr Günter Nowald (Crane Information
Centre, Germany) and Ted & Darcy Thousand (Baraboo, WI, USA). Dr George
Archibaldand Betsy Didrickson (International Crane Foundation, Baraboo,
WI) availed relevant literature. The authors are grateful to Kenya
Wildlife Service for authorizing this research (No. KWS/BRM/5001), and
to the National Museums of Kenya and the University of Nairobi for
endorsing it.