[TN-Bird] 922 visitors!! - Dec. 28 Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge Update
- From: Melinda Welton <weltonmj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Becky Bodkin <becky.bodkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ronda Tucker <ronda8r@xxxxxxx>, Tessa Moody <tessamoody@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Sharon Watts <watts_sharon@xxxxxxxx>, Rosi Daly <meigs.assistant@xxxxxxxxx>, Cindy Milligan <cmilligan@xxxxxxxxx>, Crockett David <crockett_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Harold Sharp <sharp_h@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:14:12 -0600
Dear all
With all of the publicity about the Hooded Crane, I think we¹re going to
have a very successful festival in January. Please let your Chambers and
other civic groups know about these numbers of visitors coming to the
refuge. Nothing like this has ever happened in the state of Tennessee
before! And it couldn¹t have happened without the existence of the Hiwassee
Refuge! The TN Wildlife Resources Agency needs to be commended for providing
such a wildlife watching opportunity!
Melinda Welton
TN Sandhill Crane Co-chair
<www.TNcranefestival.org>
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From: Charles Murray <dro_1945@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: <dro_1945@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:18:57 -0800 (PST)
To: tnbird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [TN-Bird] Dec. 28 Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge Update
The hooded crane was in view at the HWR for two extended periods today
beginning in the early morning and then again in mid-afternoon. At least a
few thousand sandhill cranes were present, but some appeared to be migrating
south today. 2 juvenile whooping cranes were seen, as were adult and
sub-adult bald eagles, 2 white pelicans, and several species of ducks, as
noted on another post earlier today. Visitors from 16 states contributed to
a total of at least 107 visitors today. Visitors from 32 states have now
been noted since I began to keep records after the hooded crane was
discovered at the refuge. States newly represented today were: Colorado,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Vermont. We have now had at least 922 visits
to HWR since Dec. 14 when the hooded crane sighting was first posted here.
When I reported "total visitors" in earlier posts, that total may be
somewhat misleading in that some people have visited HWR on more than one
day. I still encourage those repeat visitors to sign up because they were
interested enough to come again, and they contribute to the economy of
Tennessee and/or other nearby states each time they travel to HWR.
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN
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