[TN-Bird] Re: Update on Sandhills and Whooper
- From: Douglas Downs <douglas_downs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TennBird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 18:42:57 -0600
To Ed and all others,
My apologies for not noting the fact that I was unable to get close enough to
the Whooping Crane to gather any info on its leg bands. With the overcast sky
during the night, I am hoping it will remain in the area through the day
tomorrow. If so, I will try to get out and get a closer look. I, too, would
like to find out more about our wandering Whooper.
Doug Downs
Sparta, White County, TN
From: ed.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: douglas_downs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [TN-Bird] Update on Sandhills and Whooper
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:25:48 -0600
Thanks for the report, Doug. Can you make out any of the leg bands on the bird
from your photos?
Just wondering if it's one the two whoopers that have wintered here in Davidson
Co. that are no-shows
this year. Operation Migration folks don't even know their whereabouts.
I'll attach a shot of the immature Krider's red-tailed hawk from up the road.
Good birding,
Ed Schneider
Whites Creek
Davidson Co.
> From: douglas_downs@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Update on Sandhills and Whooper
> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:47:16 -0600
>
> Returned to the Black Oak Rd. area of White County after reporting the
> Sandhills and the Whooping Crane earlier today. By the time I had worked all
> the fields west of Black Oak Rd. and behind the Black Oak Church of God (on
> Burgess Falls Rd. near Black Oak intersection), I had counted over 800
> Sandhill Cranes. Also relocated the Whooping Crane, got some long distance
> photos in the fields near Black Oak Rd., and then followed the Whooper as it
> flew from Black Oak Rd. to the fields behind the Church of God. Though my
> photos are from some distance away, they are good enough in magnification to
> show the clear field marks of a Whooping Crane. This represents the first
> Whooper I have found personally in White County. The first ever actually seen
> and recorded for White County were the remarkable eight (that's right,
> eight!) seen by myself and Ed LeGrand on the 2008 White County CBC. I'd have
> to say that any day you are able to see a Whooping Crane, regardless of where
> and when
> , is a good day of birding!
>
> Additional Note: Also had a flock of Sandhills this past Wednesday afternoon
> at 4 flying over Hwy 111 in White County towards the northwest. These
> represent my first Sandhills of 2010.
>
> Best to all,
>
> Doug Downs
> Sparta, White County, TN
>
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