The Asian hooded crane was observed by one person for about 15 seconds today at about 3:30 p.m. at Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge in Meigs Co. at Birchwood. MANY thousands of sandhill cranes were in view. Excellent directions to HWR can be found at: http://www.tnwatchablewildlife.org/watchareadetails.cfm?uid=09071608273977728®ion=Hiwassee_Refuge&statearea=East_Tennessee Charles Murray Birchwood, TN