[tn-bird] CLARK'S NUTCRACKER...near Anniston Alabama...Still there sunday
- From: Clinton Major <smoot_major@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 17:56:55 -0700 (PDT)
Just A quick note to let everyone know that the Nutcracker was still in about
the same place on Sunday morning when Howard Horne and I observed the bird for
approximately 1/2 hour between 8:00 and 9:00 AM.
I am coping the directions from al-bird in case anyone needs them:
REVISED DIRECTIONS: From I-20 east of Oxford, take exit #191 onto US
431
south. Travel 3.7 miles to AL 281 and turn right at signs for Cheaha
State
Park. Follow AL 281 south for 13.1 miles to park entrance. At large
brown
entrance sign turn right and pay your fee ($1 per person). From the
pay
booth go straight ahead on the summit loop road for 0.6 miles to the
first
intersection. You will pass two "upper campground" signs on the way.
At the
intersection turn left following the rock sign directions to "picnic
area and
tower." You will pass a rock building and radio tower in 100 yards or
so on
the right. In about 0.2 miles you will pass two picnic pavilions on
the
right (one is labeled pavilion #1). From these pavilions go about 0.1
mile
to a metal and wood picnic table on the right (most other tables in
area are
concrete). Look for orange surveyor tape on both sides of road marking
spot.
This is the location the nutcracker seems to favor and has repeatedly
returned to. The bird sometimes sits quietly in nearby trees and
blends in
well when not moving. Given time it should fly down to feed. Once
this
morning it flew a few hundred yards west over large rocks and was not
seen
again for over an hour. There are other campgrounds in the area so it
might
be visiting other locations. However, so far, it has remained faithful
to
the primitive camp area.
Cheers,
Smoot Major
smajor@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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