Actually, according to the Operation Migration website (www.operationmigration.org), the two Whooping Cranes at Hiwassee are 1-02 (or #201 depending on their notation) and 7-01 (or #107). 1-02, which I suspect is the bird Ken saw, would be bird #1 from last year's (2002) flight, a female by the way. The second bird has a broken or lost radio tag but, by process of elimination, has been determined to be 7-01, a female from the first year's flight (2001). Bird 1-01 from the 2001 flight has already arrived at the wintering grounds in Florida (on 15 November). According to the latest update on the site (which is highly recommended) of the 20 surviving birds from the previous two years of flights, 3 arrived in Florida on 15 November, 2 are at Hiwassee, 13 are in Indiana, 1 is in Illinois, and 1 is still in Wisconsin. Dean Edwards Knoxville, TN On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Wallace Coffey wrote: > Blythe Ferry > unit of the Hiwassee WR > Meigs Co. > > Ken Dubke reported Monday, Nov, 17, that he saw a Whooping Cranes at > Hiwassee WR. He has identified it as marked crane No. 1 which was in the > first group escorted down the year before last. > > Let's go birding....... > > Wallace Coffey > Bristol, TN. > > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with > first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. > ----------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------- > To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: > tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ----------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send email to: > tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society > Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) > endorse the views or opinions expressed > by the members of this discussion group. > > Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN > wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ======================================================== > > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================