A WHOOPING CRANE was observed at the Armstrong Bend area of the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Meigs Co. north of Chattanooga at 8 a.m. today (11/9). The bird was seen by Orabelle Campbell. This information was telephone to me at 9 a.m. by Ken Dubke of Chattanooga. This may be the first Wooping Crane observed this fall in Tennessee. The location is on the north side of the Hiwassee River. As many as 50 Sandhill Cranes are present but birds have been coming and going. Yesterday Campbell saw an immature Golden Eagle flying up the river. Let's go birding..... Wallace Coffey Bristol, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================