[TN-Bird] Eventful end of the day
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- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:19:34 -0500
Clayton Ferrell
Tennessee NWR
Duck River Unit
Humphreys County
06/07/11
Well I had my camera with me almost the whole day, but after putting it up I
had to run back out to check on some farm fields. While going past one
field I nearly wrecked upon spying two sandhill cranes in their rusty
breeding plumage. They flew off after only about a minute of watching
them. Of course I immediately headed in to get the camera. I spent an hour
searching for them to no avail, but did find a least tern feeding over Pool
4. Earlier in the day I also found a new double-crested cormorant rookery.
I was busy doing other tasks, but a quick count showed 53 birds sitting in
nests. Plan to get back out later this week for a more accurate count.
This is about five times more nests than ever recorded on the refuge.
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