I watched the Hooded Crane at Hiwassee this afternoon through a spotting scope as it walked along the road out in the open. I did not notice anything unusual about its behavior.
Tonight I viewed these videos by Mark McShane. There is something about the way this crane drops - droops- its wings after it spreads and flaps them that puzzles me. The wings seem to hang down a bit oddly and maybe droop too much.
I hope some other people will study the videos and give their opinion about this.
Marcia Davis Knoxville, Tenn. On 12/18/11 5:18 PM, Mark Mcshane wrote:
Hi All, Early yesterday morning Max Medley, George Parsley (both of Dalton GA), and I headed up to Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge near Birchwood, TN to see the now famous Hooded Crane, provenance unknown, currently in residence there with thousands of Sandhill Cranes and a few Whooping Cranes! We were not disappointed and quickly had great looks at the adult Hooded Crane, we also enjoyed seeing 4 Whooping Cranes, one young and three adults (the adults from the overlook at Cherokee Removal Memorial Park at Blythe Ferry). I was able to get some phonescoped video of the Hooded Crane showing the red crown at times, quite a bit of preening and wing flapping, both from the front and the back of the bird, as well as some of the interaction between the Sandhill Cranes and the Hooded. The videos are up in the 121711 HOODED CRANE Hiwassee WR TN folder at: http://www.box.com/shared/2yxtdkm3ta If you need or want the free QuickTime Player from Apple, it's available at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download After Hiwassee WR, we had 32+ Common Goldeneye on Chickamauga Lake from Booker T. Washington State Park, after Booker T. we were able to relocate the Tundra Swan at the Lake Ocoee flats at the east end of the lake east of Cleveland just before dark. Another very enjoyable day of near Georgia birding in Tennessee, and it was great to see so many folks come out to see the Hooded Crane! Good Birding All! Mark Mark McShane Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia www.neargareport.com =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________
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