There was also a Hooded Crane in Nebraska earlier this year (early April). I have confirmed that ABA has not acted on either record. Chris Sloan Nashville, TN http://www.chrissloanphotography.com On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Scott is tied up but has looked at the pics and forwarded them to me. > It's definitely a Hooded Crane. This will be an interesting debate as to > its origins. There is only one previous report from the ABA area, of one > in Carey, Idaho in April 2010. So far as I can tell, ABA checklist > committee has not acted on it and I cannot tell what, if anything, Idaho > was done. Captive birds are typically leg banded and the Idaho bird was > not. There is also some chance that this bird at Hiwassee is the same bird. > > Chris Sloan > Nashville, TN > http://www.chrissloanphotography.com > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Charles Murray <dro_1945@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Yesterday, Marie Sutton and Phyllis Deal from Lexington, KY spotted a >> strange crane at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge from the gazebo in Meigs Co. >> I arrived on the scene and called Jen Davis, ICF crane tracker. She >> arrived, took some digiscope photos and took the following notes on the >> 'mystery bird.' >> >> Crane Description: >> Smaller than a Sandhill. A shorter beak than the Canadian Sandhills on >> the HWR. Makes a higher pitched call, and is not the same sound. Black body >> with long tertial feathers. White Neck. Red cap. Black around the eyes. >> >> Jen contacted Bryant Tarr, crane curator at ICF. He believes the crane is >> a hooded crane. Jen has sent this description and some photos to Scott >> Somershoe. >> >> Charles Murray >> Birchwood, TN >> > >