If anyone is headed to the refuge watch the fields on the right after turning
off hwy 60. On power lines and in trees my wife and I observed a pair of
American Kestrels for over thirty minutes.
Philip SmithChattanooga Tn
On Thursday, December 31, 2015 7:53 PM, Charles Murray
<dro1945@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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levels in the Tennessee and Hiwassee rivers in Meigs County at Birchwood remain
very high, however the water level in the slough at the Hiwassee Wildlife
Refuge viewing area has dropped a small amount. The change by this afternoon
was enough to allow sandhill cranes a few areas where they could stand in
shallow water safely. With colder temperature in the north central states, this
might produce an influx of cranes and better viewing opportunities in the days
ahead.
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN
