[TN-Bird] Re: Hooded Crane at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
- From: Michael Todd <birder1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx, Viclcsw@xxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:58:49 -0800 (PST)
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
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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
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:45 AM, <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@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
>>
>>
>>
>>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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