[birdky] Sandhill Mortality and Whooping Crane in Hardin County
- From: "Mark Monroe" <markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:30:36 -0500
Brainard Palmer-Ball just called to tell me that on his way to Western
Kentucky for some field work, he decided to stop by the Cecilia area
to see if the F2 tornado there had affected the Sandhill Cranes
wintering in the area. Unfortunately, he was able to find at least
15-20 dead cranes (and at least one dead coyote) that had been killed.
Among the several hundred Sandhills still alive in the area, he did
briefly see a Whooping Crane take off but did not get a great look at
it, nor was he able to relocate it. It was approximately 3/4 mi east
of the firehouse on hwy 86.
The cranes are often seen in the farmland next to the firehouse west
of the town of Cecilia on hwy 86 (Gazetteer p 48, E3), but do move
around quite a bit in scattered groups across the surrounding
farmland.
Mark Monroe
Louisville, KY
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