[TN-Bird] TOS WINTER MEETING:

Hiwassee Refuge, owned by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, is one of 
two featured field trip sites for the Tennessee Ornithological Society's 2005 
Winter Meeting at Dayton,  Jan. 28-29-30.
Viewing of thousands of migrating sandhill cranes, waterfowl, golden and bald 
eagles, and a variety of local wildlife species is scheduled for both Saturday 
and Sunday at the Hiwassee Refuge located on Highway 60 between Dayton and 
Cleveland. 

It is a major refuge for reintroduced, and endangered whooping cranes that now 
travel unassisted from Wisconsin on their migration to Florida as part of the 
Eastern Whooping Crane Partnership project. 

This Meigs County sites is the home of the Hiwassee Refuge, a favorite stop 
each fall and late winter for over 50,000 migrating sandhill cranes.  These 
birds make the Hiwassee Refuge their stop from nesting grounds in the north to 
wintering spots in Florida and Georgia.  This is certainly a magnificent sight 
and a must-see for birders. 

The Hiwassee Refuge is a key site for the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership.  
It is a stopover and wintering area to restore the world's most endangered 
crane to the eastern United States. 

Typically in the winter months, 90 to 100 different species of birds can be 
seen in the refuge including rare and endangered Whooping Cranes, Bald Eagles, 
Golden Eagles, Great Blue Herons, Northern Harrier, Red-tail Hawk, turkeys, 
vultures, gulls and more.

Biologists/naturalists Charlie Muise and Daniel Moss will lead field trips to 
this area both Saturday and Sunday starting at 8 a.m. from the meeting 
headquarters at Dayton.  Muise will lead the Saturday (Jan 29) trip and Moss 
will lead the Sunday (Jan. 30) trip.
 
Don't miss visiting the TOS website at: 
http://www.tnbirds.org/Winter05-meeting.htm for more details and excellent maps 
of the areas.


Let's go birding....

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN

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