[TN-Bird] Record Hiwassee Crowd for this Migration Season
- From: Charles Murray <dro_1945@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN- BIRD <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:32:11 -0800 (PST)
As noted by Tommie Rogers, assists from a coyote and a bald eagle stirred up
the sandhill cranes this afternoon and brought the hooded crane into view at
the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. It had not been seen earlier in the day. A record
number of visitors, at least 131, were present, and four more states were added
- Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, and Missouri. Twenty-eight states have been noted
to date. Fourteen different states were represented today alone. The total
number of visitors since the hooded crane was first sighted at HWR on December
13 is now AT LEAST 779! A juvenile whooping crane was still present, along with
at least a few thousand sandhill cranes and at least two bald eagles. Several
large and small flocks of ducks flew over or were in the slough at HWR as well.
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN
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