[birdky] Re: Cranes
- From: "sk" <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jtdurb@xxxxxxxxx>, <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:48:00 -0600
We drove through the area west of Cecilia this afternoon; there were plenty
of cranes, but nowhere near peak numbers. There were constant flocks in the
air; our conservative estimate of the birds we saw would be about 1,000, but
there could have been many more. No big white ones.
If anyone wants to see sandhills up close and personal on the ground, there
is a bright red firehouse a couple of miles west of Cecilia on Hwy 86
(Delorme, p. 48, E3). It has a good-sized gravel lot where you can pull over
and be out of their way. Today there were cranes feeding within a hundred
feet.
Steve and Janet Kistler
Hart Co. KY
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of tom durbin
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 4:50 PM
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] Cranes
The sky was alive with Sandhill Cranes today in Barren County. I estimate
that I saw between 9 and 11 thousand in various locations. Many individual
groups numbering between 25 and 200 caught thermals and were moving north.
If you live near Cecelia many should be arriving in the next 3 or 4 days. No
large white cranes could be found, however, a beautiful female Merlin posed
and sat quietly on a fence post for a long time.
Tom Durbin
Bowling Green, KY
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