[birdky] Re: RPT: From INDIANA ... Sandhill Cranes in Ewing Bottoms
- From: "Kirchhoff, Fred (EPPC DEP DWM)" <Fred.Kirchhoff@xxxxxx>
- To: "BIRDKY" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:54:44 -0500
Well unfortunately time did not permit me to get to Ewing on Sunday, but
if the number of flights I observed in the are while driving up and back
are any indication, there most be quite a few. In the area for 20 miles
north and 20 miles south of Seymour. I observed at least 100 flights of
Sandhills from as few as 2 birds to several with 50 or more. Most were
in the range of 15 - 20.
I wish I had been able to make to Ewing as the weather was beautiful.
In the area I was for a meeting, I could hear the Red-Wings singing.
Fred Kirchhoff
Frankfort
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On Behalf Of Preston Forsythe
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 2:29 PM
To: Kirchhoff, Fred (EPPC DEP DWM); Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EPPC OOS
KNPC); BIRDKY
Subject: [birdky] Re: RPT: From INDIANA ... Sandhill Cranes in Ewing
Bottoms
Hey, we should be able to check the sandhills out up there In southern
Indiana late Monday afternoon. By the way last week we observed the most
ever on our farm here in Muhlenberg Co., KY. They were only 150 ft.
overhead and formed half of a V which must have been 1000 ft. long. Lot
of sandhills!
Preston Forsythe
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From: Kirchhoff, Fred (EPPC DEP DWM)
<mailto:Fred.Kirchhoff@xxxxxx>
To: Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EPPC OOS KNPC)
<mailto:Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx> ; BIRDKY
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Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 11:09 AM
Subject: [birdky] Re: RPT: From INDIANA ... Sandhill Cranes in
Ewing Bottoms
I'm like you Brainard ~ I'm heading up that way this afternoon
for a weekend business trip. I'm taking my camera and hoping to stop by
Sunday and get some pictures.
Fred Kirchhoff
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Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 10:49 AM
To: BIRDKY
Subject: [birdky] RPT: From INDIANA ... Sandhill Cranes in Ewing
Bottoms
I can just never get enough of Sandhill Cranes ... and I'm not
sure how many folks reading BIRDKY may not be keeping up with the
potential for fantastic crane viewing just an hour north of Louisville
in Jackson County, Indiana. My mother and I went up to the Ewing Bottoms
yesterday afternoon and were treated to a wonderful display from the
still relatively large flocks there (recently there were as many as
11,000!). If anyone is interested in knowing how to get to this area, I
can email you a pdf of a crude area map or you might print off a Jackson
County, IN, map from somewhere on the internet to use. There's also
usually a post or two on INBIRD every week concerning the status of the
numbers (the entire area occasionally becomes inaccessible due to
flooding).
All you need to do is go north to exit 41 on I-65 from
Louisville; follow IN 250 west about 13 miles to Brownstown; go straight
(west) on US 50. The main flocks are usually just northwest of town
(Brownstown and Ewing are essentially "twin cities"). Once on US 50,
take a right about a mile down at the "Ewing" sign; then take a left at
the first stop sign, go over the RR tracks and then over the White River
bridge. The birds are sometimes (as yesterday) right along one of the
rural roads here (yesterday most were north of 100N as you headed west
from the bridge). However, yesterday, the biggest flock was actually to
the south of US 50, about 4-5 miles west of Brownstown and were found by
simply scanning the horizon and watching for circling/dropping flocks
that were settling into feeding areas. There are many small county roads
in the area that usually allow you decent access to any flocks you may
see settling in in the distance.
Not sure how long the flocks will remain in the area; yesterday
we saw at least 3500 and probably closer to 5000 between the two largest
flocks. Occasionally we would run across a tame family group that would
be feeding not 30-50 feet from the road.
If anyone more familiar with the site notices I've gotten
anything wrong here, please correct me.
bpb, Frankfort
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