[TN-Bird] Re: Hooded Crane at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
- From: Viclcsw@xxxxxxx
- To: birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:35:22 -0500 (EST)
Also, of interest, is the fact that sandhills in the central flyway are not
known to mix with sandhill cranes in the Atlantic and Mississippi flyways,
giving an interesting twist to the idea that this hooded crane may be the
same individual that was seen in either Nebraska or Idaho.
Vickie Henderson
Knoxville, TN
Knox County
In a message dated 12/14/2011 1:58:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
This will be interesting. The Siberian route is very plausible for the
more northerly breeding Common Crane which isn't seperated by that much from
the Siberian population of Sandhills that mostly winter in NA, less plausible
to me for the more southern Hooded.
Mike Todd
McKenzie, TN
birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
_www.pbase.com/mctodd_ (http://www.pbase.com/mctodd)
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From: Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Viclcsw@xxxxxxx
Cc: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, December 14, 2011 11:48:14 AM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Hooded Crane at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
I haven't been able to find anything on Idaho's decision. Generally, with
Common Cranes, the theory is that they cross over from Siberia, like other
Asian birds sometimes do, and then get mixed in with a Sandhill flock and
just stay with them.
Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN
_http://www.chrissloanphotography.com_
(http://www.chrissloanphotography.com/)
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:45 AM, <_Viclcsw@xxxxxxxx
(mailto:Viclcsw@xxxxxxx) > wrote:
Was there any previous conclusion in Idaho about how a wild Asian crane
could appear in North America?
Vickie Henderson
Knoxville, TN
In a message dated 12/14/2011 12:10:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
_csloan1973@xxxxxxxxxx (mailto:csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
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_
(http://www.chrissloanphotography.com/)
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Charles Murray <_dro_1945@xxxxxxxxxx
(mailto: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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