[TN-Bird] crane flight 1 mar 03
- From: Steve Stedman <SSTEDMAN@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 16:02:09 -0600 (CST)
Quite a number of posts to TN-Bird and BirdKy
concerned the crane flight yesterday. I can
add a few additional notes to what you have
probably already surmised, i.e., that yester-
day was indeed a peak day in the migration of
Sandhills through the Upper Cumberland.
Danny Stone is a waterfowl hunter who
lives in Celina, Clay Co., TN. Yesterday
he counted about 3000 Sandhill Cranes near
Celina, all flying north. About 1300 CST
he checked a field that lies right on
the boundardy between Clay Co., TN, and
Monroe Co., KY, and found a large number
of Sandhills on the ground. Among these
birds were two large white cranes, which
he took to be two Whooping Cranes.
Judging from those details, which
are all I have, and the word of several
persons who know Danny's field skills,
I would say that there is a very high
probability that Danny did, indeed,
see Whooping Cranes, probably in both
states or at least from both states.
Thanks to Terry Campbell for passing
the word of Danny's sighting and for
making an effort to find these cranes
with me and Winston Walden this morning
(no luck).
Steve Stedman
Cookeville, TN
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