[Bristol-Birds] Black Tern, etc at Austin Springs, Aug 31, 2013
- From: david kirschke <dkirschke@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bristol Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 04:42:39 -0700 (PDT)
I spent the afternoon yesterday kayaking around Austin Springs. The water
levels on the lakes are still too high for good shorebird habitat, perhaps as
evidenced by the Avocets hanging out at Great Lakes pond. I was hoping Douglas
reservoir would be down enough to expose Rankin Bottoms, but it does not look
like that will happen this weekend from the predicted levels posted on the TVA
website. (How is it at Musick's?) Anyway, it was nice to get some close looks
at Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers. The best bird was Black Tern, which
appeared briefly after I had to wait out a lightning storm huddled under my
kayak on the bank near someone's dock.
On another note, we observed a small flock of 12 Common Nighthawks at the ETSU
womens' soccer game Friday evening, which was a treat.
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Subject: eBird Report - Austin Springs, Aug 31, 2013
Austin Springs, Washington, US-TN
Aug 31, 2013 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: By kayak from Winged Deer Park
14 species
Canada Goose 14
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 5
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Black Tern 1
Chimney Swift 10
Tree Swallow 1
American Goldfinch 6
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15064707
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
David Kirschke
Johnson City, TN
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