[Bristol-Birds] Rankin - 11/03/09

Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co., 11/03/09; 2-4 PM; by car
Douglas elevation: 978.8 ft
This lake elevation, unusually high for November, is as good as it gets for viewing from shore here; most of the shorebirds were less than 200 ft. from the road across the floodplain. More were spread along the long mudbar viewed from the opening past the tipple.
We couldn't find the dowitcher we'd seen on 10/29. After studying my photos, Mike Todd and Don Miller are inclined to agree with me that it was LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, uncommon in this region. Four images start at: 
http://www.pbase.com/image/119001172/medium

Partial list:
Pied-billed grebe
D.-b. cormorant (95)
Killdeer (28)
Greater yellowlegs (5)
Least sandpiper (45)
Pectoral sandpiper (6)
Dunlin (92)
Stilt sandpiper (4)
Winter wren
Yellow-rumped warbler (8)

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
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