[TN-Bird] Re: Sandhill cranes
- From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Dick Riesz <dickriesz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:12:24 -0500 (EST)
Amber and I had a several Sandhill Cranes calling as they flew
overhead at about 11:30PM Tues night (22 Nov) at our house in
west Knox Co., TN.
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Dick Riesz wrote:
> Friends:
> FYI this afternoon about 5 pm there was a WONDERFUL flight of several hundred
> cranes over Pleasant Hill in Cumberland County. Too many to count accurately,
> but they were all headed due south. I have never seen longer VEES than this
> formation - it was spectacular.
>
> And then about 5:50. AFTER dark, we heard another batch go over. How do they
> navigate in the dark? They also were headed south according to our ears, but
> there was no longer any light in the sky.
>
> Gotta get down to Dayton very soon.
>
> Dick Riesz
> dickriesz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Pleasant Hill, Cumberland County
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