[birdky] RPT: Cecilia Sandhill Cranes, 2/28/14
- From: <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 07:32:39 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
There are still thousands of Sandhill Cranes in the farmland west of Cecilia.
Yesterday afternoon, Amy Covert and I spent 2 or 3 hours touring the area.
There were hardly any birds in the vicinity of the KY 86 Fire Station until
sunset, and then not even more than hundreds. Area ponds have dropped
significantly during the past week, so birds are roosting on ponds up to a few
miles away. There were particularly nice and close groups of foraging cranes on
the roads down around Dranes Lakes (via KY 1375) on down towards Stephensburg.
Was able to stop along the roads at several places and hear the birds walking
thru the corn stubble and give quiet foraging and bickering calls I've never
heard before. There were other big groups out St. John Road (KY 1357) west of
the jct. with KY 1375 north of Franklin Crossroads yesterday. No big white ones
seen yesterday, unfortunately.
bpb, Louisville
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