[EMAS] Re: Sandhill Cranes, White-winged Scoter, and Bald Eagles
- From: Marilyn Westphal <mjwestph@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Barbara Morgan <morganbarb52@xxxxxxxxx>, "emas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Audubon Society" <emas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 14:20:49 -0400
Sorry, I failed to mention where exactly Grandview Lane is. It isn't far
from Hooper Lane if you know where that is. From I-26 go past the airport
about 4 miles to where NC 191 turns off to the left at a stoplight where
there is a Marathon Station. Turn left onto 191 (there is a left turn lane
there) and continue past VanWingerden, Hooper Lane, and the Water Treatment
Plant, cross the French Broad River and make the first right turn after you
cross the river where there is a sign for the French Broad Baptist Church.
Park in the church lot and look out towards Mt Pisgah (beautiful view from
this location, which I'm sure is how Grandview Lane got it's name). The
river is down where the tree line is. The cranes were down by the last
ditch before the river. As I said, though, they weren't there when we
returned home. They may still be hanging out around in the area though, or
they may have been down in the ditch as they did disappear down there a few
times while we were watching them. March is a good time to look for
migrating Sandhill Cranes. They like to eat in the big corn fields along
the river. Biltmore is also a good place to look for them. So keep an eye
out for them.
Also forgot to mention, there were at least 4 Horned Grebes on Lake Julian
as well.
Marilyn
On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Barbara Morgan <morganbarb52@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Marilyn,
> Where is Grandview Lane?
> Barb
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 8, 2015, at 12:50 PM, Marilyn Westphal <mjwestph@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > Mark and I did a little checking around this morning and found 2
> Sandhill Cranes feeding in a corn field off Grandview Lane at about 8:30
> this morning. They were down near the river, so at a bit of distance. Got
> some photos, though. Note: when we went back around noon on the way home
> we didn't see them, though.
> >
> > After photographing the cranes we went to Lake Julian and Wayne Forsythe
> was there when we arrived and was looking at a White-winged Scoter that was
> pretty close to the shore. We also got some photos of that. We stayed
> there a while chatting with some other folks who arrived and the pair of
> Bald Eagles flew in and landed in a tree across the lake. Got some photos
> of them, too.
> >
> > Otherwise mostly the usual stuff. There was a Fish Crow at Lake Julian
> as well as a singing Pine Warbler. Nice morning!
> > Photos attached.
> > Marilyn
> >
> > --
> > Marilyn Westphal
> > Hendersonville, NC
> > <IMG_0286SHCRANE GRANDVIEW 3-8-15.jpg>
> > <IMG_0291WWSCOTER LAKE JULIAN.jpg>
> > <IMG_0305BALD EAGLES LAKE JULIAN.jpg>
>
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Marilyn Westphal
Hendersonville, NC
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