[TN-Bird] Nickajack, Whooping Cranes, Rough-legged Hawk

From: "Bert Harris" <harrijb0@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 21:43:58 -0600 (CST)

Dec. 4

We (the Sewanee Natural History Society) went to the crane spot in
Winchester today (directions in an earlier post) and found 2 WHOOPING
CRANES and 2 SANDHILLS.
On hwy 64 in between Winchester and I-24 near the turn to Alto, we spotted
a large group (~200) of SANDHILLS on the south side of the road in a corn
field.
We then went to Nickajack to look for the scoters.  We checked the dam and
the boat launches at the small campground US 41 (not Shellmound).  We
found lots of AM. COOTS, PIED BILLED GREBES, and some ducks, most notably,
5 CANVASBACKS but no scoters or mergansers.  We did not check the
Shellmound area though.

On a different note my father saw the ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK again today on hwy
64 about 5 miles west of Belvidere. It was still on the power lines in the
road construction area.  In contrast to Friday, he saw no Red-tailed Hawks
today.  Maybe they were in the trees trying to stay warm while the
Rough-legged was happy in the cold!

-Bert Harris
Sewanee

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[TN-Bird] Nickajack, Whooping Cranes, Rough-legged Hawk

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