[TN-Bird] Whoopers at Hiwassee

Sunday, 12-17-06; 4-5:30 p.m.
 

A beautiful afternoon at the Hiwassee Refuge and 3 adult Whooping Cranes
were the highlight.  Thanks for leaving Doug.  As we said they would come
after you left.  Actually they were there all along just hidden by
corn/bushes.  At sunset the Whoopers gave us a great show from the gazebo
when the three birds along with numerous Sandhill Cranes flew to the
Hiwassee River to roost.  Other birds of note:

 

-          Several thousand Sandhill Cranes

-          Many many mallards

-          3 Pintails

-          Numerous Ring-necked Ducks

-          Numerous D-C Cormorants

-          Numerous Great Blue Herons-

-          2 Great Egrets

-          1 Bald Eagle

-          1 Northern Harrier

-          1 Kestrel

-          Covey of Northern Bobwhite

 

Chuck and Lola Estes

Oak Ridge, TN



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