[TN-Bird] Re: Hiawasee R efuge
- From: David Hollie <featherbrain1223@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thomas_miko@xxxxxxxxxxx, Tn Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:42:33 -0500
I thought I would reply to the whole list incase there are others interested in
seeing the scoters. This afternoon (2/24/14) I had 68 White-winged along with a
single Black Scoter from the Vincent Road boat ramp (up river from the dam).
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From: thomas_miko@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 02/24/2014 12:49 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Tn Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [TN-Bird] Hiawasee R efuge
Hi Folks
I had a very strange experience this morning: the class that I am taking only
starts at 1 p.m., today so I unexpectedly found myself free this morning to go
birding in Chattanooga area. I drove at breakneck speed to Hiawasee, where I
saw a very nice compliment of your normal southeastern United States songbird
(Red-bellied Woodpecker, Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Chickadee, etc.). Before I
even went to the refuge, I thought a nice flock of 30 Sandhill Cranes right on
the edge of Highway 60. While standing in the parking lot of the refuge, I had
a few more fly overhead. The number of cranes was not large, but I love those
birds so much that I had a good time. However, I did not see any Whooping
Cranes. I actually drove out there last night, straight from the airport, but
by the time I got there, it was too dark.
If I were to return there today or tomorrow at 5 or 6 p.m. In the evening,
would that be the right time to see large flocks of cranes, possibly including
whooping cranes?
Tom Miko
(temporarily in Chattanooga)
PS: last night my first stop was at Chickamauga Dam, where I was not able to
find a good spot to find WW Scoters. I stopped and parked at different places
there and all I saw were PB Grebes. Any suggestions? I did see what looked like
a flock of black colored ducks out in the middle of the water that probably
scoters, but there was no safe, practical place to park and look at them.
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