[obol] [COBOL] Whooping Cranes

[DAVID IRONS]

Charlotte,

If the birds reported as Whooping Cranes were seen in flight, then I think 
they were probably White Pelicans.

Dave Irons

>From: "Tom Crabtree" <tc at empnet.com>
>Reply-To: tc at empnet.com
>To: "'Charlotte Ann Kisling'" <kiss at cot.net>,"'OBOL'" <obol at lists.orst.edu>
>CC: 'Central Oregon' <COBOL at lists.oregonstate.edu>
>Subject: Re: [obol] [COBOL] Whooping Cranes
>Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:04:12 -0800
>
>Charlotte -
>
>
>
>Whooping Cranes would be highly unlikely to show up at Hart Mountain.  
>There
>have been several reports of them in the past, and each of these reports
>turned out to be a misidentification.  The population is so small and they
>are monitored so closely that a bird or birds coming out this far afield
>would make national news.  There no longer is a Rocky Mountain population.
>The last of those birds died off in 2002.  For a bird to show up at Hart
>Mountain, it would have to veer west about 1500 miles beyond its normal
>migration corridor against prevailing winds. It's just not going to happen.
>
>
>
>As far as I know the only "credible" sightings of Whoopers in Oregon are
>those poor people who suffered through the movie "Even Cowgirls Get the
>Blues."  [For those who never saw the movie, the plot involves people near
>Smith Rocks planting peyote to keep the Whooping Cranes around all year].
>There also are singing Cactus Wrens in the movie around Smith Rocks, birds
>which have somehow escaped me on my trips there.
>
>
>
>Tom Crabtree, Bend
>
>
>
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>
>   _____
>
>From: cobol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu
>[mailto:cobol-bounces at lists.oregonstate.edu] On Behalf Of Charlotte Ann
>Kisling
>Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 1:34 PM
>To: OBOL
>Cc: Central Oregon
>Subject: [COBOL] Whooping Cranes
>
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>     I have had some e-mails that indicate that Whooping Cranes might have
>been seen near the eastern entrance of the Hart Mountain Refuge. One
>sighting was for June 13 and the other didn't have a date of the sighting. 
>I
>hope there is someone who might be able to shed some light on this. I still
>have the e-mails if that will be of help. It does sound sound like they 
>were
>there.
>
>Charlotte Ann Kisling
>


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