[Bristol-Birds] Rankin peninsula
- From: "michael sledjeski" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx>
- To: TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 07:19:33 -0400
Friday evening at Rankin Bottoms, we drove out the tipple road, and switched back on the old RR bed to the Gate Pond. The floodplain is mostly dry (lake level: 974'); the roads are in fine shape. A flock of 250 BLUE-WINGED TEAL rested on the Gate Pond, a pair of GREEN-WINGED TEAL dabbled in a puddle near the river. Shorebirds included a few each of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, & SEMIPALM., LEAST, and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, along with individual SPOTTED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS.
At sunset, we launched our canoe near the Leadvale trestle and paddled west for a quick look. In the fading light, we saw 100 GREAT EGRETS, a dozen GREAT BLUE HERONS, and 10 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS gathered for the Friday fish feast. Fifty or more KILLDEER worked the closest mud swale, and a couple groups of unidentifiable shorebirds could be seen on distant flats. We'll return on Sunday for a better look.
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Cocke County
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Friday evening at Rankin Bottoms, we drove out the tipple road, and switched back on the old RR bed to the Gate Pond. The floodplain is mostly dry (lake level: 974'); the roads are in fine shape. A flock of 250 BLUE-WINGED TEAL rested on the Gate Pond, a pair of GREEN-WINGED TEAL dabbled in a puddle near the river. Shorebirds included a few each of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, & SEMIPALM., LEAST, and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, along with individual SPOTTED and WESTERN SANDPIPERS.
At sunset, we launched our canoe near the Leadvale trestle and paddled west for a quick look. In the fading light, we saw 100 GREAT EGRETS, a dozen GREAT BLUE HERONS, and 10 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS gathered for the Friday fish feast. Fifty or more KILLDEER worked the closest mud swale, and a couple groups of unidentifiable shorebirds could be seen on distant flats. We'll return on Sunday for a better look.
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Cocke County