[TN-Bird] Hiwassee Whooping Cranes and Sandhill Cranes
- From: Charles Murray <dro_1945@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:03:08 -0800 (PST)
About 5:35 PM today from the viewing platform at the Cherokee Removal Memorial
Park in Meigs County at Birchwood, I saw 2 whooping cranes land on the "pond"
on Hiwassee Island. Many hundreds of sandhill cranes were also returning to the
area on or near Hiwassee Island to "roost" for the night. An hour of so
earlier, several dozen sandhill cranes were flying over and feeding in the
fields visible from the gazebo at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. A Northern
harrier hawk, several ducks, and numerous double crested cormorants were also
present at the HWR.
Charles Murray
Birchwood, TN
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