[texbirds] No Common Crane found today
- From: Garett Hodne <garyhodne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:56:15 -0700
I searched alone most of the day from 10 am while it was still foggy until 4:30
and had no luck finding the common Crane, the proverbial needle in a haystack.
There were several thousands of cranes scattered mostly in the vicinity of Bula
until about 2pm when they all mysteriously lifted off en masse and headed east.
I needed gas so I drove east to Littlefield on FM54 at 2:15.
About halfway between Bula & Littlefield on the North side of FM54 is a large
lake where I relocated several thousands of cranes coming in to roost. They
were still there at 3:15 when I returned.
Unfortunately the distance is too great (over 1/2 mile) and the heat distortion
too bad to make out any details on individual cranes.
When I returned to the Bula area I couldn't find a single crane anywhere.
Another person from PA reported toe that there were also none at the Refuge as
of 4pm.
Shortly after that I left.
Gary Hodne
Currently in Roswell to look for the NM Common crane tomorrow
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