Sharon and all, From what I understand, all known captive Hooded Cranes have been accounted for. Therefore, the only options are: legitimate vagrant or escaped from a black market dealer. This will be the decision the NERC and TNRC need to make. Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County Interpretive Naturalist Mississippi Explorer Cruises http://mississippiexplorer.com/chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ http://www.nabirding.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:33:21 -0600 > From: reillyhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx; wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [wisb] Re: Out of state: ABA blog report on the Hooded Crane in TN > > Has it been confirmed that this is not an escaped captive bird? There are > several private breeders in the area that have captive cranes. > Sharon > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx> > >Sent: Jan 13, 2012 12:06 PM > >To: "[Wisb]" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: [wisb] Out of state: ABA blog report on the Hooded Crane in TN > > > >Hey everyone, > >Dan Peak and I drove down to Chattanooga, TN on Jan 1st to see the Hooded > >Crane. Awesome bird to see in the US. It took us 9 hours to find it. That > >was the hardest I've ever worked to see an ABA vagrant. > >The fine people at the ABA have asked around, done some digging and come up > >with some very interesting info about the bird that is nicely summarized in > >the recent post on the ABA blog: > >http://blog.aba.org/2012/01/hooded-crane-tennessee.html > > > >Certainly adds a new twist and makes this a very tantalizing bird for ABA > >listers. > > > >Enjoy! > > > >Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County Interpretive Naturalist > >Mississippi Explorer Cruises > >http://mississippiexplorer.com/chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ > >http://www.nabirding.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto > > > >"The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first > >material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire > >the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things > >breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a > >one can be again." > > > >(From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) > > > >#################### > >You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding > >Network (Wisbirdn). > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > >//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > >To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > >//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > >Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn > > > > > > > Sharon Reilly > 223 7th St. > Baraboo, WI 53913 > 608-963-0742 > reillyhi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding > Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn