FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Cranes galore at Hop-In Refuge

[magreene@xxxxxxxx]

Today while working in the general area of the Hop-In Refuge I counted over 300 
Sandhill Cranes just out from the refuge gate & sign on Hwy. 89.  There were at 
least another 25-50 cranes that were present that I could not get a definite 
count on as I was blocked by vegetation and a levee.  Hop-In Refuge has been a 
normal wintering area for Sandhill Cranes in West Tennessee for several years 
and is the only area in West TN where large numbers of cranes are normally 
present.  

Hop-In Refuge is a TWRA refuge located on Hwy. 89 east of Kenton near the area 
where Gibson, Weakly, and Obion Counties all meet.  The area where the cranes 
were seen is located in Obion County just north of the Obion River.  The refuge 
is closed until March 1 but the Cranes can by seen from Hwy. 89 or from 
McClanahan Rd.  If you take the first road to the left past the refuge if 
traveling east on Hwy. 89 (Simmons Rd.), then the next left is McClanahan Rd.  

There were also a few Lapland Longspurs present with Horned Larks along 
McClanahan Rd.

Good birding,

Mark Greene
Trenton, TN
Gibson County
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