FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Re: WHOOPING CRANE !!!!

["Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The highlight was a Juvenile Whooping Crane that had transmitters on each leg 
and was foraging along the banks of Lake Nevin within 75 feet from us.

The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership WCEP asks anyone who encounters a 
whooping crane in the wild to please give them the respect and distance they 
need.   Need is based on what the bird must have to keep it from becoming too 
familiar with people.  It is not a matter of what the bird is comfortable with.

"WCEP advises that birders not approach birds on foot within 600 feet; try to 
remain in your vehicle; do not approach in a vehicle within 600 feet or, if on 
a public road, within 300 feet. Also, please remain concealed and do not speak 
loudly enough that the birds can hear you,"  WCEP requests.

The main goal here is to stay at least a hundred yards to 600 feet away and not 
let them see you or "hear" your voice.  Even if that happens by accident, you 
should leave as quickly as you can retreat and no speak any words that are not 
absolutely necessary to get birders to leave.

This is not about birders making a judgement of what a Whooping Crane can 
tolerate or will tolerate.  That is exactly what WCEP wants birders to do.  
That is to not let Whooping Cranes tolerate you nearness under any condition.

If a Whooper attempts to land near birders or approach birders, it is time to 
leave quickly and get far away.  

Let's go birding......

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eddie and Jennifer Huber 
  To: Bird Kentucky free list 
  Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 4:02 PM
  Subject: [birdky] WHOOPING CRANE !!!!


  The Beckham Bird Club held a  field trip to Bernheim Forest, in Clermont, Ky. 
today on (11/26). Thirteen members saw a total of 43 species. The highlight was 
a Juvenile Whooping Crane that had transmitters on each leg and was foraging 
along the banks of Lake Nevin within 75 feet from us giving all of us excellent 
looks. 
  Other birds of interest were:
  Bald Eagle flying over top of us 
  Wilson snipe foraging for food on the shore line 
  DUCKS
  mallard
  ruddy duck
  American black duck
  gadwall
  wood ducks
  WOODPECKERS
  red-bel. 
  downy
  hairy
  pileated
  flicker
  yellow bellied sapsucker
  SPARROWS 
  tree sparrow
  chipping sparrow
  field sparrow
  white throated sparrow
  song sparrow
  fox sparrow
                      Directions to Bernheim Forest: from I -65 take 
Bardstown-Clermont exit 112 and follow signs to Bernheim                       

                               Eddie & Jennifer Huber