FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Rankin/10 Islands waterbirds

[Michael Sledjeski <mtnsylva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cocke county, 4/7/08. 4-7 PM
By canoe; Douglas Lake elevation: 977.2 ft.

We put in at the Leadvale boat ramp and toured down the lake into 10  
Islands.  The 600 acre (approx.) area is almost entirely flooded.   
Most of the day's waterfowl  were dispersed along the shallower east  
side.  We then entered Rankin Bottoms and were able to float almost  
around to the entrance road.  Wood duck numbers were higher there, as  
if in anticipation of the extensive nesting habitat that will  
develop  as the lake rises.

A few images from the outing, mostly of ducks, can be viewed at  
http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/inbox.

Partial list:

Canada Goose (250+)
Wood duck (82)
Mallard (40)
Blue-winged teal (400+)
Northern shoveler (5)
Green-winged teal (45)
Ring-necked duck (2)
Lesser scaup (3)
Double-crested cormorant (88)
Great blue heron (26)
Osprey (5)
Bald eagle (4 immature)
Am. kestrel
Am. coot (ca.240)
Killdeer (9)
Greater yellowlegs (16)
Lesser yelllowlegs (13)
Dunlin
Bonaparte's gull (11)
Ring-billed gull (16)
Yellow-rumped warbler (9)

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
  
  
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