I am told that only one of the at least 59 visitors to the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Meigs Co. at Birchwood today saw the hooded crane do a very brief fly-by at 9:45 a.m. Visitors from 10 states were present at the HWR today. Since it was also seen only briefly yesterday, I reviewed my recent posts and noted that it was seen for almost 2 hours on Monday afternoon. Another visitor and I saw 4 whooping cranes on Hiwassee Island from the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park overlook near dark (about 6:10 p.m.). Charles Murray Birchwood, TN