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[Bristol-Birds] Stilt sandpipers, Am bittern, etc at WalMart Dist Center (Greene Co, TN)

From: david kirschke <dkirschke@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Bristol Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 05:35:12 -0700 (PDT)

Don Miller and I visited the WalMart Distribution Center (WMDC) in Greene Co 
yesterday after work and found some good birds.  Don has the numbers but I 
think is without internet access at the moment, so I will give a preliminary 
report.  There is quite a bit of exposed mudflat on pond #2, which is where we 
saw most of the shorebirds.  Species included:
   
  WMDC, Greene Co, 10/3/07
  GBH
  Great egret (2)
  Am bittern
  Sora
  Green-winged teal
  Greater yellowlegs (several)
  Lesser yellowlegs (several)
  Stilt sandpiper (7 ? flew around the second pond about 10 times with a couple 
of lesser yellowlegs and landed right in front of us.  In flight we thought at 
first we had a flock of lesser yellowlegs with a couple of greaters until we 
noted the funny, decurved bills on the ?lesser?.)  
  Killdeer
  Swamp, Song, and Savannah sparrows
  Tree swallows (hundreds)
  Marsh wren
  Common nighthawk
   
  David Kirschke
  Johnson City, TN