Ned,
I was wondering if one should count (via ebird) a Sandhill Crane sighting in
Chincoteague. The bird was seen in flight over the Refuge Inn on 3-24-13. I
was under the impression they were not countable due to a population of
domestic Sandhills and did not include that sighting in my ebird report, but
William Hohenstein (see post below) thinks that the domestic Cranes are not
able to fly.....
Sincerely,
William Leigh leightern@xxxxxxx
Bridgewater, Virginia
From: elliety@xxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:48:17 -0400
To: nutmegz@xxxxxxx
CC: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] Sandhill Crane Chincoteague
A quick note - I was letting our dogs out this morning at our house on ridge
road, and clearly heard a Sandhill crane. The sound was unmistakeable. I
believe there is a captive crane on the north end of the island, but that is
a long way from our house and I've never heard one from our house before.
After getting our act together, My brother and i went out to Assateague,
where we ran into Jeffrey Blalock. He had seen the Sandhill Crane flying and
was able to get a picture (which I think he will post later). He saw it from
where the old bridge was located on Main Street- which is consistent with
where I heard it coming from. I don't believe the captive bird can fly - so
this appears to be a wild crane!
Most of the other notables are still present - the Black tailed godwit was
seen yesterday, the avocet - this morning, piping and semi-palmated plovers
are back. I have not seen the black-headed gull or the Eurasian widgon - but
we've only been here since Sunday.
Bill
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 25, 2013, at 9:08 PM, "Edward Eder" <nutmegz@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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