FreeLists / bristol-birds / [bristol-birds] Re: Sand Hill Cranes

["Troy Ettel" <Troy.Ettel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ed:
The Sandhill Cranes at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge 
are of a different subspecies, Grus canadensis pulla , the Mississippi Sandhill 
Crane, than those recently seen in Kingsport and throughout Tennessee during 
fall and winter.  The Mississippi subspecies is Federally Endangered and is one 
of three nonmigatory sandhill crane subspecies, the others being G. c. nesiotes 
, the Cuban Sandhill Crane (the largest bird on the island) and G. c. pratensis 
, the Florida Sandhill Crane. 

Migratory sandhills seen passing through Tennessee (including the Hiwassee 
Refuge birds) and other Southeastern states in winter and fall are mostly 
Greater Sandhill Cranes, G. c. tabida, the largest subspecies.

The other two migratory subspecies include the Lesser Sandhill Crane (the most 
numerous subspecies) G. c. canadensis  and the the Canadian Sandhill Crane, G. 
c. rowani . 



 

Troy Ettel
State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
P.O. Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
(615) 781-6653
Troy.Ettel@xxxxxxxxxxx

>>> Edburkekc@xxxxxxx 03/07/02 10:08AM >>>

HI:
    I was interested to read about the cranes over Kingsport.  I was driving 
throug h Mississippi about ten days ago and drove off the highway to the Sand 
Hill Crane Nature Preserve there.  It was closed but I talked with a lady who 
gave me a map and my wife and I set out to see them.  She said their cranes 
do not migrate but stayed there all the time.  We drove for a nember of miles 
seeing none at most of the places she marked.  Finally close to a site marked 
we saw a couple walking around in a yard(field) by a house.  We were glad to 
see those, my first.  If they stop off in the area, I would like to know 
about it.
Ed Burke
Bristol
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