[TN-Bird] Re: Hooded Crane at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
- From: Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird Listserv <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:04:08 -0600
There was also a Hooded Crane in Nebraska earlier this year (early April).
I have confirmed that ABA has not acted on either record.
Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN
http://www.chrissloanphotography.com
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Scott is tied up but has looked at the pics and forwarded them to me.
> It's definitely a Hooded Crane. This will be an interesting debate as to
> its origins. There is only one previous report from the ABA area, of one
> in Carey, Idaho in April 2010. So far as I can tell, ABA checklist
> committee has not acted on it and I cannot tell what, if anything, Idaho
> was done. Captive birds are typically leg banded and the Idaho bird was
> not. There is also some chance that this bird at Hiwassee is the same bird.
>
> Chris Sloan
> Nashville, TN
> http://www.chrissloanphotography.com
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Charles Murray <dro_1945@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Yesterday, Marie Sutton and Phyllis Deal from Lexington, KY spotted a
>> strange crane at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge from the gazebo in Meigs Co.
>> I arrived on the scene and called Jen Davis, ICF crane tracker. She
>> arrived, took some digiscope photos and took the following notes on the
>> 'mystery bird.'
>>
>> Crane Description:
>> Smaller than a Sandhill. A shorter beak than the Canadian Sandhills on
>> the HWR. Makes a higher pitched call, and is not the same sound. Black body
>> with long tertial feathers. White Neck. Red cap. Black around the eyes.
>>
>> Jen contacted Bryant Tarr, crane curator at ICF. He believes the crane is
>> a hooded crane. Jen has sent this description and some photos to Scott
>> Somershoe.
>>
>> Charles Murray
>> Birchwood, TN
>>
>
>
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