Has it been confirmed that this is not an escaped captive bird? There are several private breeders in the area that have captive cranes. Sharon -----Original Message----- >From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx> >Sent: Jan 13, 2012 12:06 PM >To: "[Wisb]" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [wisb] Out of state: ABA blog report on the Hooded Crane in TN > >Hey everyone, >Dan Peak and I drove down to Chattanooga, TN on Jan 1st to see the Hooded >Crane. Awesome bird to see in the US. It took us 9 hours to find it. That was >the hardest I've ever worked to see an ABA vagrant. >The fine people at the ABA have asked around, done some digging and come up >with some very interesting info about the bird that is nicely summarized in >the recent post on the ABA blog: >http://blog.aba.org/2012/01/hooded-crane-tennessee.html > >Certainly adds a new twist and makes this a very tantalizing bird for ABA >listers. > >Enjoy! > >Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County Interpretive Naturalist Mississippi >Explorer Cruises >http://mississippiexplorer.com/chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ >http://www.nabirding.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto > >"The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first >material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the >composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no >more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be >again." > >(From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) > >#################### >You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding >Network (Wisbirdn). >To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: >//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn >To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: >//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn >Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn > > Sharon Reilly 223 7th St. Baraboo, WI 53913 608-963-0742 reillyhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn