There was a Hooded Crane in Nebraska in April of this year. The species is kept in captivity, and there have been some known escapes in the U.S. in the last decade.
Bill Pulliam Hohenwald TN
On Dec 14, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Charles Murray 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
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