[TN-Bird] Re: Hooded Crane seen today at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
- From: Melinda Welton <weltonmj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tnbird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:38:32 -0600
I spoke with Charles Murray a little while ago and the Hooded Crane was seen
today but was out of view when we spoke. I’m sure he’ll post more later. He
also had 3 Whooping Cranes on the refuge today.
Directions to the gazebo at Hiwassee can be found on the Watchable Wildlife
website and at <www.tncranefestival.org>
Hiwassee is the best place in Eastern North America to see cranes!!!!!
Melinda Welton
Tennessee Sandhill Crane Co-Chair
<www.tncranefestival.org>
Franklin, TN
From: Scott Somershoe <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxx>
Reply-To: Scott Somershoe <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:12:05 +0000
To: tnbird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Hooded Crane at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
Thanks Chris for posting while I was tied up.
Two things on this bird and the Hiwassee Refuge:
1. Since ABA has not acted on the other 2 records yet, it is not on the ABA
list and is technically not countable (for the tickers out there). That
said, it is a fantastic bird and I suspect many folks will go to try to see
the bird regardless.
2. PLEASE remember that the Hiwassee Refuge is a refuge and it is CLOSED to
all forms of use and trespass from now until 29 Feb 2012, except at the
Observation platform. You will be ticketed for going onto refuge property
or walking refuge roads. You can look for the bird from the designated
Observation area, but you CANNOT go onto any other areas of the refuge.
I do not know if the bird has been seen today.
Thanks and good luck!
Scott Somershoe
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@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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