Hi MD Birders:
FYI, this is from a friend of mine who lives in the Huntingtown area. I don't believe he is subscribed to this list, so I will go ahead and attach his cool photo of the crane.
Phil
>Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:39:39 -0500 >Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Sandhill Crane, Huntingtown, 12/9 >From: Michael Roane <roane.michael...> >To: Phil Davis <pdavis...> > >Hi Phil, > >Thanks again for letting me know about the Sandhill Crane. I went >looking for it this morning. Started out at the farm field on the >corner of Hunting Creek Road and Wayne Gibson where it had been >spotted yesterday, but didn't see it. I decided to go down Deep >Landing Rd and went nearly to the end without seeing it. Turning >around, I started back scanning not only fields, but people's lawns, >since most reports said it was on lawns. Coming up past Enterprise >Ct., I looked over and thought, "Huh, the crane has become so >popular in the area someone put up a lawn ornament." (11:00 >AM) Then, I realized it was the actual crane. It was standing >motionless on a little hummuck of hay in the side yard of the house >right on the corner (with the Trophy boat in the driveway). > >I stopped and took some photos and it began to forage around on the >lawn a little. A woman who lived in the neighborhood, stopped her >car to talk for a minute. She had seen it over recent days, but >didn't realize it was a Sandhill Crane and that it was so far out of >it's range. Wouldn't you know, while we were talking, it took off >and flew back towards Hunting Creek Road. It never fails. Someone >will always be wanting to talk at the most inopportune times - and >you don't want to appear unfriendly. > >I packed it in and went back to Wayne Gibson Rd. (11:30), parked on >the corner and scanned the yards in the area to see if I could spot >it. Just as I turned to give up, I spotted it in the back yard of >2830 Hunting Creek Road - almost directly across the street from >Wayne Gibson. It foraged in that yard for about an hour, appearing >to be eating worms. It would sink almost the entire length of it's >bill into the lawn and , although I could never actually see worms, >I'm pretty sure that was what it was eating. > >It eventually moved to the corn field on the corner of Wayne Gibson >and was eating corn left from harvesting the field. It was there 20 >or 30 minutes, then moved to a mud puddle in the driveway of the >barn and drank from it. From there it crossed back over the road >into the yard of the house directly across from the barn. That is >when I decided to leave. I was hoping it would fly again, but it didn't. > >I would say it is quite familiar with all the lawns in that >neighborhood and might be spotted at any time by anyone wanting to >see it. It was spooked by my presence, but I moved slowly and moved >closer only while it was not looking. I probably got as close as >fifty feet to it at times. From the mud on it's bill up near the >lores, I would say it has sunk it's entire bill into the ground >looking for worms at times. > >I'll send you some of the pictures once I have processed them and I >will probably put it on my blog in the next couple days. I'll send >you the link once I do. I couldn't post to the Birding News site >about the siting. If you wanted to do it as proxy, that would be okay with me. > >Thanks again, >Mike Roane > >On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Phil Davis ><<mailto:<pdavis...><pdavis...> wrote: >Hi Mike: > >I don't know if you chased the Sandhill Crane back in Sep or if you >are following the MD Birding group, but the crane is back ... > >You can find older messages from the last few days with locations, here ... > > ><http://birding.aba.org/maillist/MARY>http://birding.aba.org/maillist/MARY > >Phil > > >-- >Best regards, >Mike Roane > >Follow me on... ><http://mroane.zenfolio.com/>http://mroane.zenfolio.com >http://roound.com/mroane ><http://mroane.blogspot.com/>http://mroane.blogspot.com ><http://facebook.com/roane.michael>facebook.com/roane.michael
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