[Bristol-Birds] Ten Islands Shorebirds

Ten Islands section, Douglas Lake, Cocke county
8/21/08, 5-8:00 PM; by canoe
Lake elevation: 972 ft (down 4 ft. since 8/16)
The shoreline has changed drastically in the past few days - the only mud at Rankin Bottoms is at the upper end of a narrow stream, and the prime waterbird habitat is 2 miles downlake in the Ten Islands area. We launched at the Leadvale boat ramp and were glad to have a trolling motor to push us against a 10 mph wind out of the south. Shorebirds were concentrated along the mudflat edges, a couple hundred waders foraged in the shallows. The nearest land viewpoints would be from Brown Hollow Rd., about a mile distant. 

Partial list:

Great Blue Heron (24)
Great Egret (175)
Osprey
Semipalmated plover
Killdeer (250+)
Greater Yellowlegs (6)
Lesser Yellowlegs (16)
Spotted Sandpiper (7)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (32)
Least Sandpiper (ca. 100)
Pectoral Sandpiper (85)
Stilt Sandpiper (2 juvenile) - photo at
  http://www.pbase.com/image/102027827/large
Caspian Tern
Tree Swallow (400+)

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
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