[birdky] Re: WHOOPING CRANE !!!!
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bird Kentucky free list" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 16:21:02 -0500
The highlight was a Juvenile Whooping Crane that had transmitters on each leg
and was foraging along the banks of Lake Nevin within 75 feet from us.
The Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership WCEP asks anyone who encounters a
whooping crane in the wild to please give them the respect and distance they
need. Need is based on what the bird must have to keep it from becoming too
familiar with people. It is not a matter of what the bird is comfortable with.
"WCEP advises that birders not approach birds on foot within 600 feet; try to
remain in your vehicle; do not approach in a vehicle within 600 feet or, if on
a public road, within 300 feet. Also, please remain concealed and do not speak
loudly enough that the birds can hear you," WCEP requests.
The main goal here is to stay at least a hundred yards to 600 feet away and not
let them see you or "hear" your voice. Even if that happens by accident, you
should leave as quickly as you can retreat and no speak any words that are not
absolutely necessary to get birders to leave.
This is not about birders making a judgement of what a Whooping Crane can
tolerate or will tolerate. That is exactly what WCEP wants birders to do.
That is to not let Whooping Cranes tolerate you nearness under any condition.
If a Whooper attempts to land near birders or approach birders, it is time to
leave quickly and get far away.
Let's go birding......
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
----- Original Message -----
From: Eddie and Jennifer Huber
To: Bird Kentucky free list
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: [birdky] WHOOPING CRANE !!!!
The Beckham Bird Club held a field trip to Bernheim Forest, in Clermont, Ky.
today on (11/26). Thirteen members saw a total of 43 species. The highlight was
a Juvenile Whooping Crane that had transmitters on each leg and was foraging
along the banks of Lake Nevin within 75 feet from us giving all of us excellent
looks.
Other birds of interest were:
Bald Eagle flying over top of us
Wilson snipe foraging for food on the shore line
DUCKS
mallard
ruddy duck
American black duck
gadwall
wood ducks
WOODPECKERS
red-bel.
downy
hairy
pileated
flicker
yellow bellied sapsucker
SPARROWS
tree sparrow
chipping sparrow
field sparrow
white throated sparrow
song sparrow
fox sparrow
Directions to Bernheim Forest: from I -65 take
Bardstown-Clermont exit 112 and follow signs to Bernheim
Eddie & Jennifer Huber
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