Wayne Mason of Bowling Green emailed me this morning to tell me that yesterday afternoon there were two WHOOPING CRANES at McElroy Lake with 67 Sandhills. Maybe this nasty weather will keep them there for a few days for some folks to enjoy. If you are not familiar with McElroy Lake south of Bowling Green, look back into the February 2008 BIRDKY archives at this link: //www.freelists.org/archives/birdky/02-2008/ for a February 20, 2008 post by David Roemer titled "Recent Observations" ... therein you will find some helpful suggestions for visiting the area. Congrats to Eddie Huber for establishing a new "late spring" date for CACKLING GEESE with some photos of about 10 at the Reformatory Lake outside Buckner, Oldham County, yesterday ... :o) BPB, Frankfort