[Bristol-Birds] Shorebirds, etc. (Cocke, Jefferson Co., TN)
- From: "Donald Miller" <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-Bird" <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:45:33 -0400
July 15, 2007
[posting date: July 16, 2007]
observers (in canoe and on shore): Don Miller, Michael Sledjeski
location: upper Douglas Lake at the TVA boat launch on Leadvale Road (Jefferson
Co.) and downstream about two miles, mostly along the Cocke Co. shoreline but
also including a couple of areas in Jefferson Co.
time spent: about three hours
Wood Duck (21, mostly young, Jefferson)
Double-crested Cormorant (12 Cocke, 1Jefferson)
Great Blue Heron (9 Cocke, 4 Jefferson)
Great Egret (91 Cocke, 8 Jefferson)
Green Heron (2 Cocke, 4 Jefferson)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (5 Jefferson)
Osprey (2 Cocke)
Bald Eagle (1adult, Cocke)
Killdeer (well over 100, Cocke)
Lesser Yellowlegs (6 Cocke)
Spotted Sandpiper (1 Cocke)
Least Sandpiper (39 Cocke)
Short-billed Dowitcher (7 Cocke)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1 Cocke)
Great Crested Flycatcher (1 Cocke)
Tree Swallow (10 Cocke, 3 Jefferson)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (2 Cocke, 17 Jefferson)
Bank Swallow (8 Cocke)
Cliff Swallow (27 Cocke, 1 Jefferson)
Barn Swallow (86 Cocke, 45 Jefferson)
(Swallows and Killdeer were quite plentiful and difficult to count. Numbers
given are conservative.)
Thanks, Michael, for a great outing.
Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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