Happy New Year, On Thursday my wife and I went to see the Hooded Crane and stayed there from 1 P. M. until 4 P. M., but never saw it. However, we got good close looks at two juvenile Whoopers and good close looks at a Bachman's sparrow which was a life bird for us - quite unexpected. I had gone three times to locations three times to see a Bachman's - twice to Tullahoma where they had been seen and once on the North Carolina coast so it was good to see it in perch on top of the high weeds at the front of the viewing area. On Saturday my wife and son went back and were there at 11; 30 when the crane flew in, but the look was quite brief. J. N. Howard, Marion County