FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Red Knot, etc. (Cocke Co., TN)

["Donald Miller" <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

September 3, 2007
[posting date: September 4, 2007]

Cocke County: Dutch Bottoms

Observers: Don Miller and Michael Sledjeski, in canoe

Observed yesterday: 20 shorebird species, plus a few other notables--

Wood Duck
Northern Pintail (2)
Double-crested Cormorant (17)
Great Blue Heron (28)
Great Egret (43)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Bald Eagle (2 adults)
Ring-billed Gull

Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover (8)
Killdeer (175+)
Greater Yellowlegs (12)
Lesser Yellowlegs (40)
Solitary Sandpiper (3)
Willet (2)
Spotted Sandpiper (3)
Red Knot (juvenile, at point-blank range)
Sanderling (3)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (10+)
Western Sandpiper (15)
Least Sandpiper (12+)
Baird's Sandpiper (juvenile, at point-blank range)
Pectoral Sandpiper (23)
Stilt Sandpiper (4)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (3)
Short-billed Dowitcher (at least 1)
Wilson's Phalarope

unidentified peeps (1-2 dozen)

In general, shorebird numbers were down in comparison with last week, though 
species diversity was obviously high.

Great trip, Michael.  Many thanks.


Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN

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