The hooded crane was in view most of the time for over an hour from about 3:45 p.m. along the road to the right of the gazebo at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Meigs Co. at Birchwood. Perhaps a few thousand sandhill cranes were active, and I added 4 whooping cranes about 6 p.m. at Hiwassee Island. They were spotted from the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park overlook. Charles Murray Birchwood, TN