[TN-Bird] Re: Whopping Cranes in Franklin Co TN

From: Mac McWhirter <npmcwhirter@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "jpeters@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jpeters@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Tnbirds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 10:58:00 -0600
Today at 10:45, Seven Whooping Cranes, 4 Wilson's Snipe, 2 American Pipits at 
same mudflat location as noted in Jim Peters' post yesterday. 

This is in Franklin County, not Coffee. 

Thanks to Jim and Don Davidson for locating them. 

Mac and Susan McWhirter
Rock Island, TN

Sent via gossamer wings. 

On Jan 31, 2014, at 10:38 PM, James Peters <jpeters@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Don Davidson and I made a late afternoon excursion to Woods Reservoir today   
> hoping to see some of the excellent birds recently reported on TN-birds.  
> When we were at the dam, we ran into a local duck hunter, Travis Everhart, 
> who kindly informed us that early today he had discovered 5 Whooping Cranes 
> at the Elk River channel mudflats near the Woods Reservoir dam.  At about 
> 4:00 pm this afternoon, led by Mr. Everhart,  we saw 5 Whooping Cranes on the 
> mudflats off Beth Page Road between Paynes Church Road and Gaines Circle Road 
> (officially in Estill Springs, TN).   All of the cranes wore distinctive leg 
> band adornments.
> 
> As previously reported, the bird activity we encountered today at Woods 
> Reservoir was astounding:  countless Ring-billed and Bonaparte's gulls flying 
> over the lake, along with an amazing number of ducks. Numbers of Hooded 
> Mergansers were especially impressive.   Best ducks that we could see well 
> enough to identify in the two hours of late afternoon daylight were 9 
> White-winged Scoters.  
> 
> 
> Jim Peters
> Coffee County, TN
> 
> 
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