[Bristol-Birds] Fw: [TN-Bird] Strange Crane at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:16:27 -0500
Bristol Birders:
Background info about the "Black Crane" just found at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
that most of you are probably not familiar with.....
Wallace Coffey
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Murray
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: December 14, 2011 11:14
Subject: [TN-Bird] Strange Crane at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge
Yesterday, Marie Sutton and Phyllis Deal from Lexington, KY spotted a strange
crane at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge from the gazebo in Meigs Co. I arrived on
the scene and called Jen Davis, ICF crane tracker. She arrived, took some
digiscope photos and took the following notes on the 'mystery bird.'
Crane Description:
Smaller than a Sandhill. A shorter beak than the Canadian Sandhills on the HWR.
Makes a higher pitched call, and is not the same sound. Black body with long
tertial feathers. White Neck. Red cap. Black around the eyes.
Jen contacted Bryant Tarr, crane curator at ICF. He believes the crane is a
hooded crane. Jen has sent this description and some photos to Scott Somershoe.
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN
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