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["michael sylva" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx>]

We put in a canoe at the Rankin Bridge boat launch to look for shorebirds in 
the cove between Holt Town Rd. and the riverbank.  Along the way we saw 2  
REDHEADED WOODPECKERS, 3 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS, and a REDBREASTED NUTHATCH  in 
the cottonwood stand past the Old Bridge.  The lake level has inched below 
990', so there was well over 500' of mudflat shoreline in the cove.  We saw 9 
common species of shorebird there:
18 LEAST SANDPIPER
4 SEMIPALMATED S.P.
3 WESTERN S.P.
3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
8 LESSER YELLOWLEGS
2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS
2 SOLITARY S.P.
1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER
1 KILLDEER

Yesterday, we saw a single CASPIAN TERN past the coal tipple.  The local 
population (50+) of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS now roost in the cottonwood stand 
across the embayment from the RR crossing.  At least 80 GREAT EGRETS roost in a 
willow thicket across from the tipple.  EASTERN KINGBIRDS are performing aerial 
acrobatics throughout the area; juveniles, I suppose, training for territorial 
defense.

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Cocke County TN    
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