[TN-Bird] Great Morning at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
- From: Charles Murray <dro_1945@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:52:32 -0800 (PST)
Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
Meigs Co.
Birchwood, TN
This morning was one of the best I've ever spent at HWR. Arriving at the gazebo
viewing area at about 7:45 a.m., I ran into Rick Houlk who was already there,
and we saw several dozen sandhill cranes in view in the fields. We decided to
go on to the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park at about 8:15 a.m. From the viewing
platform there, we saw 2 whooping cranes, at least hundreds of sandhill cranes,
4 or more bald eagles, and numerous ducks from several species, including
canvasbacks. About 9:30 a.m., we returned to the gazebo area at HWR. Rick soon
spotted a juvenile and an adult Northern harrier hawk and we had some great
views of the juvenile hunting over the refuge fields. About that time, perhaps
thousands of sandhill cranes began appearing high in the sky and heading south,
apparently migrating on toward other southern states. At least 3 more (or the
same) adult bald eagles were seen flying over the HWR area.
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN
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