[TN-Bird] More Bald Eagles and 1 Whooping Crane for Sandhill Crane Day 1 at Hiwassee

From: Charles Murray <dro_1945@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:39:16 -0800 (PST)
I was cold and ready to leave the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park viewing area 
in Meigs Co. at about 6:10 p.m. (near dark) on Saturday, Sandhill Crane Viewing 
Day. However, 3 hardier Knoxvillians were hanging on, because they were hoping 
to see their first whooping crane. Their perseverance was rewarded! One of them 
spotted a white bird among hundreds of sandhill cranes on Hiwassee Island. It 
was an endangered whooping crane, possibly 28-05, a female hatched in 2005. In 
addition, I saw 11 immature bald eagles, a new record for me in one day. Add 
the 4 adult bald eagles I saw yesterday at CRMP, and we know that there are at 
least 15 bald eagles in the area of the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge! Tennessee 
Wildlife Resources Commission Member Julie Schuster and her husband, Darrell, 
along with TOS member Melinda Welton, saw a whooping crane earlier this morning 
at the CRMP. TWRC member William Brown was also in attendance on day 1 at the 
Sandhill Crane Viewing
 Day. The 20th year of the SCVD continues Sunday at the HWR and the CRMP. 
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN




      

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[TN-Bird] More Bald Eagles and 1 Whooping Crane for Sandhill Crane Day 1 at Hiwassee

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