[va-richmond-general] Re: Binocular help
- From: "Al Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:38:01 -0500
Barbara,
They could be Tundra Swans. They are very common along the Atlantic flyway.
The only other large white birds likely to be there in great numbers would
be Snow Geese, but they are smaller and very different.
Al Warfield
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From: "Barbara Williamson" <barbaraawmson@xxxxxxxx>
To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:56 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Binocular help
Got the following e-mail from a friend. Anyone have suggestions as to
what they might have seen?
Wanted to report our sighting of cranes on the eastern shore of Maryland
during a drive up to the northeast in early January. There was a HUGE
flock in a farmer's field -- and when I read your report of seeing Sand
Hill Cranes in Tennessee, I sort of assumed that we had seen the same
thing. WRONG! When I got home for a couple of days this week, I
immediately checked the bird books and learned right away that the birds
were NOT Sand HIll Cranes. They looked more like Whooping Cranes. BUT, I
knew that COULD NOT POSSIBLY be correct as there are only a few dozen of
these almost extinct birds -- and they would be SERIOUSLY off course.
Another suggestion was Wood Stork. But, the pictures and behavior
characteristics did not agree with what we saw. I also thought egrets or
herons -- but again pictures and behaviors did not confirm. What I now
think is that we saw a flock of European cranes that are occasionally
sighted along the east coast and other parts of the U.S. What do you
think???????? The wings and flight posture of the birds we saw
definitely match what all our bird books show as cranes. BUT, we have no
pictures of any of the European cranes -- which I imagine MIGHT have
coloring similar to Whooping Cranes. Does anyone have knowledge of any
unusual sightings of cranes on the east coast?
Barbara
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