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 benefited from activities of a CEPF-funded project to
Crane Conservation Volunteers. 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 Archibald and Betsy Didrickson (International Crane Foundation)
availed selected literature. We are grateful to Kenya Wildlife Service
for authorizing this research (Permit No. KWS/BRM/5001), and to the
National Museums of Kenya and the University of Nairobi for its
endorsement. We thank Dickens Odeny (NMK) for assistance with production
of the study area map.