cat daddy wrote:

I did a quick glance at a website that said Whoopers are the only big
birds that fly with their necks straight and these had straight necks.
Another one said the first sighting in Aransas Pass occurred on the 25th,
with a census count of two Whoopers. If about 50 show up in the next couple
of days, I'll claim they are my Whoopers.......... }:-)

Not saying they *weren't* whoopers, but we do get a lot of sandhill
cranes through here, too. A lot of people mistake them for whoopers.

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/fram...es/h2060p3.jpg

Dale