FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Solitary Sandpiper (Greene Co., TN)

["Donald Miller" <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

July 10, 2007
This evening I found two Solitary Sandpipers in a much-depleted farm pond along 
C. M. Jones Road near Tusculum in Greene County.  (If the current drought has 
anything positive to offer, it's the drawdown on ponds that normally offer 
little shoreline.  If the dry spell continues, I expect to see more shorebirds 
than usual in Greene County because there will be more suitable habitat exposed 
than in years of typical rainfall.  Of course, another aspect to this is that 
certain areas that are normally good for shorebirds will be totally dry during 
this year's migration.)

Today's date is earlier than usual for south-bound Solitary Sandpipers in 
Greene County, which tend to be present from around the 18th of July until mid- 
October or slightly later.


Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN

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