FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Re: Whooping Cranes

[Stephen Stedman <sstedman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave,

    Many thanks for talking with Danny Stone about the WHCRs;
it may not allay all the doubts out there, but it should allay some.
Based on your familiarity with Danny and on other reports of
his that have been verified, I had no real doubts about the
report.

Best, Steve


David Roemer wrote:

> I spoke with Danny Stone this evening, and received
> details on the Whooping Cranes that he observed in
> Tennessee as reported by Steve Stedman.
>
> The pair was in a field along the Cumberland River
> bottoms approximately 500 yards south of the Kentucky
> state line with about 1500 Sandhills.  One of the
> birds was noticeably larger than the other, and one's
> plumage was dingier, either due to staining or
> immaturity.  Danny said the birds were several hundred
> yards from him, and he wasn't able to see any bands or
> markings on them due to the distance.  Follow-up
> attempts at finding the birds have been unsuccessful,
> and he reported that less than 30 birds remained as of
> this afternoon.
>
> I can vouch for Danny's skills as an observer.  He has
> been a very good friend of mine for nearly 20 years,
> and we have spent many hours together in the outdoors
> while sharing a bass boat in pursuit of Dale Hollow's
> Smallmouth Bass, or sitting hidden with binoculars at
> one of his duck ponds in the Cumberland River bottoms
> for fabulous close-up views of waterfowl.  His
> profession allows him to be outdoors on Dale Hollow
> everyday, and I think it's reasonably safe to say that
> he has probably seen more migrant Sandhill Cranes than
> anyone reading this post.
>
> It's very exciting to me knowing that we could be
> seeing these birds in Kentucky now, so keep your eyes
> open and remember, we could get Common Cranes too.
>
> Dave
>
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