TN-Birders, Yesterday (3-7-05) was another fly day for Sandhill Cranes. We heard lots of birds about 12:30pm as they were thermalling east of our house. When we finally got to a place where we could see them, two large vees had formed and they were headed north with 100 birds in the front one and 75 in the second one. We live on the north side of Dale Hollow Lake here in Pickett County and about .2 miles from the lake. We are about 200 feet above the lake and I suspect the steep topography creates the updrafts which the cranes use to thermal upward to gain altitude. I guess I should thank God for small favors - - it sure gives us some interesting looks at Sandhills. Howard Groce Byrdstown, Pickett County, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================