Trip Report: Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge on November 9, 2024
Trip Lead: Eric Fleming
Twenty-one paddlers met up at 10 am on 11/9/24 at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge near Birchwood, TN to see the Sandhill Cranes and White Pelicans migrating through our area. Good news and bad news!
Photo - Eric Fleming
The good news was that it was a nice, calm sunny day .....
... the bad news was that there were no birds. We had a "where's Waldo" moment!
We did this paddle on the same date last year and the birds were there! But our temps are way above normal for this time of the year, being in the 80's recently, the birds haven't arrived yet.
It was a great group and we did the 5 mile paddle around the island before heading over to the nearby Monkey Town Tavern in Dayton for grog and grub so still a fun day.
Not in the photo were Susan Carroll, Ruthie and Art Thompson, and Eric Fleming.