ist ure ▁levels ▁in ▁various ▁locations ▁in ▁India . ▁Although ▁now ▁found ▁mainly ▁at ▁a ▁low ▁elev ation ▁on ▁the ▁pla ins , ▁some ▁historical ▁records ▁exist ▁from ▁high land ▁mar sh es ▁further ▁north ▁in ▁H ark it ▁Sar ▁and ▁K ah ag ▁in ▁K ash mir . ▁The ▁sar us ▁c rane ▁bre eds ▁in ▁some ▁high ▁elev ation ▁regions ▁such ▁as ▁near ▁the ▁P ong ▁Dam ▁in ▁Him ach al ▁Pr adesh , ▁where ▁populations ▁may ▁be ▁growing ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁increasing ▁rice ▁cultiv ation ▁along ▁the ▁res er voir . ▁In ▁rice - domin ated ▁districts ▁of ▁U tt ar ▁Pr adesh , ▁sar us ▁c rane ▁abund ance ▁( est im ated ▁as ▁occup ancy ) ▁was ▁highest ▁in ▁the ▁western ▁districts , ▁intermediate ▁in ▁the ▁central ▁districts , ▁and ▁minimal ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁districts . ▁Sar us ▁c rane ▁abund ance ▁was ▁posit ively ▁associated ▁with ▁percentage ▁of ▁wet lands ▁on ▁the ▁landscape , ▁and ▁neg atively ▁with ▁the ▁percentage ▁of ▁area ▁under ▁rice ▁cultiv ation . ▁ ▁Until ▁recently , ▁little ▁was ▁known ▁of ▁sar us ▁c rane ▁e col ogy ▁from ▁Australia . ▁Bre eding ▁records ▁( conf ir med ▁sight ings ▁of ▁n ests ▁with ▁eggs , ▁or ▁of ▁adult ▁birds ▁with ▁flight less ▁young ) ▁were ▁known ▁from ▁only ▁three ▁locations , ▁all ▁in ▁the ▁G ulf ▁Pla ins ▁in ▁Queensland . ▁Two ▁records ▁are ▁from ▁near ▁Norm anton ▁town : ▁one ▁of ▁adult s ▁with ▁flight less ▁ch icks ▁seen ▁about ▁