[inland-NW-birders] Re: [Tweeters] White Crane over Ice Harbor Dam

[Charles Swift]

Correction - Whooping Cranes don't actually breed that far to our east. Wood
Buffalo Park is in the Northwest Territories near the northern border w/
Saskatchewan. Of course this is all just fun speculation unless this bird
shows up somewhere on the ground for a more definitive look (which does seem
possible).

Charles.

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Charles Swift <chaetura at gmail.com> wrote:


> Apparently some Sandhill Cranes nest in ne Siberia. I presume these are

> trans-Berengian migrants (i.e. they cross the Berring Sea in spring and

> fall) but don't have any resources handy. Anybody know? Next question is

> would a Siberian Crane be likely to end up in a flock of Sandhill Cranes

> somewhere in eastern Asia?? If so it might end up migrating back across the

> Berring Sea and then south w/ the Sandhill Cranes. Siberian Cranes are

> apparently long distance migrants so this seems possible. Whooping Cranes

> breed and winter well to our east so is almost as unlikely and  there are

> even fewer Whooping Cranes in the world than Siberian Cranes

>

> thanks,

> Charles.

>

>

> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Terry Gray <clgtlg at moscow.com> wrote:

>

>>  HI Everyone,

>>

>> Afterning looking up Siberian Crane.  That species is also a very Rare

>> Species.  See: http://www.argalipark.com/siberian_crane.html  .

>>

>> Terry

>>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> *From:* inland-nw-birders-bounces at uidaho.edu [mailto:

>> inland-nw-birders-bounces at uidaho.edu]*On Behalf Of *Colby Neuman

>> *Sent:* Monday, October 11, 2010 11:41 PM

>> *To:* rccarl at pacbell.net

>> *Cc:* inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu; Mike & MerryLynn

>> *Subject:* Re: [inland-NW-birders] Re: [Tweeters] White Crane over Ice

>> Harbor Dam

>>

>> Siberian Crane is also largely white with black primaries.  I think they

>> may be noticeably larger than a Sandhill, but I don't have a reference at

>> this time.

>>

>> Colby

>>

>>

>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 8:47 PM, <rccarl at pacbell.net> wrote:

>>

>>>   White crane + Black primaries = Whooping Crane

>>>

>>> Richard Carlson

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>>> --- On *Mon, 10/11/10, Mike & MerryLynn <m.denny at charter.net>* wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>> From: Mike & MerryLynn <m.denny at charter.net>

>>> Subject: [Tweeters] White Crane over Ice Harbor Dam

>>> To: inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu, "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

>>> Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 10:33 PM

>>>

>>>

>>>  Hello All,

>>>

>>> To day I had off so MerryLynn and I once again visited the Blood Ponds

>>> and again saw the sub-adult RUFF along with the Woodleys, larry Umthun, Lisa

>>> Hill and Ron Louderback. Other birds of note were......

>>>

>>> Hood Park

>>>

>>> Yellow-rumped Warblers....200+

>>> Red-breasted Nuthatch......2

>>> Northern Flicker (Yellow shafted adult),,,1

>>> Northern Flicker...................16 birds

>>> Orange Crowned Warbler...3

>>>

>>> Ice Harbor Dam

>>>

>>> Western Grebe.........30 birds

>>> Lesser Scaup............2

>>> Sandhill Cranes.........50 birds all headed to the southwest

>>> WHITE CRANE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1ad. bird, in with the Sandhill Cranes. This

>>> bird was 2500' up and we were able to get this flock in our scopes as they

>>> circled. This is when we could see the white body, wings and long neck. The

>>> black primaries were very clear, We stood there in awe and watched as this

>>> bird circled with the Sandhills. From our perspective it looked about the

>>> same size as the Sandhills it was with. We first detected these cranes from

>>> the Sandhills calling as they crossed the Snake River.the only species we

>>> considered is Whooping Crane. This white crane was in the lead position

>>> until the flock began to break up as they circled after crossing the Snake

>>> River off to our west and south. We called and alerted Nancy LaFramboise at

>>> McNarY NWR, HQ. This was a crane and not a white pelican, snow goose or any

>>> egret species. The black primaries were clear.

>>>

>>> Fish Hook Park

>>>

>>> Yellow rumped Warbler.....250+

>>> Greater White-fronted Geese.....42 birds

>>> Snow Geese.................................12 birds, flushed off Big Flat

>>> HMU in Franklin Co. and flew low over the Snake headed south into Walla

>>> Walla Co.

>>> Sandhill Crane...............................220 birds over the park, all

>>> calling. Came out of the northeast and Franklin Co.

>>> Sharp-shinned Hawk....................2 birds

>>> Merlin..............................................1 bird

>>> Northern Flicker..............................18 birds

>>>

>>> Well that is it for now. Sure would like to know where that white crane

>>> ends up.

>>> Later Mike Denny

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> *******************************************************

>>> Mike & MerryLynn Denny

>>> Birding the beautiful Walla Walla Valley

>>>

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> --

> Charles E. Swift

> Moscow, Idaho, USA

> (north-central Idaho, 80 miles SE of Spokane, WA)

> 46°43′54″ N, 116°59′50″ W

> email: chaetura at gmail.com

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Charles E. Swift
Moscow, Idaho, USA
(north-central Idaho, 80 miles SE of Spokane, WA)
46°43′54″ N, 116°59′50″ W
email: chaetura at gmail.com
skype: charles.swift
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