[Bristol-Birds] Dutch Bottoms by canoe

  • From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:03:01 -0400

29 Aug 2007
Dutch Bottoms on upper Douglas Lake
mainly Cocke Co., TN
by motorized canoe



observers: Michael Sledjeski, Leslie Gibbens, 
Virginia Fairchild, Rick Knight

Black-bellied Plover - 2
Semipalmated Plover - 22
Killdeer - 150+
Am. Avocet - 13
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Gr. Yellowlegs - 10+
Lsr. Yellowlegs - 35+
Willet - 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 30+
Western Sandpiper -  40+  (most I've ever seen there)
Least Sandpiper - 60+
Pectoral Sandpiper - 30+
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 1
Short-billed Dowitcher -  25+

Caspian Tern - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Blue-wg. Teal - 20+
Dbl-cr. Cormorant - 60+
Great Blue Heron - 40+
Great Egret - 75+
Black-cr. Night-Heron - 2+

Thanks to Michael & Leslie for a pleasant outing.

Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN

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