[TN-Bird] Re: Sandhill Cranes & more (Robertson Co.)
- From: Tony Lance <tonylance@xxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:50:41 -0600
This afternoon while in Ridgetop I had a another flock of Sandhills fly over,
this one with 41 individuals. That's my third flock in the last three days. I
imagine the numbers down at Hiwassee are beginning to swell.
Tony Lance
Springfield, TN
On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Tony Lance wrote:
> I did my usual route around the Cedar Hill area yesterday and saw most of the
> birds I've been seeing for the past few weeks. I had 40+ Horned Larks on W.
> Dunn Rd.; 20+ American Pipits on W. Glover Rd.; a Loggerhead Shrike at the
> Woodall farm, 4452 Kinney's School Rd.; and a Northern Harrier on Burgess
> Gower Rd. The most notable changes were the paucity of Savannah Sparrows
> (fewer than 10) compared to my previous outings and the big increase in both
> White-crowned Sparrow and Northern Junco numbers.
>
> On Sunday afternoon and earlier this morning I had flocks of Sandhill Cranes
> flying over. The 18 birds I saw on Sunday were not vocalizing at all, and had
> I not looked up at the right time I would not have seen them riding a thermal
> along with some vultures. In contrast the birds today were quite vocal but
> completely hidden by the low cloud cover.
>
> Tony Lance
> Springfield, TN
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