Cocke county, 10/20/15, 3-5pm, by car
Lake elevation: 970.5
We visited 3 hot spots yesterday for some quick looks from the road. Rankin
Bottoms is high & dry, but we spotted a few American Golden Plovers on the
floodplain. Great Egrets seemed to be everywhere and are now roosting at Ten
Islands.
Partial list:
Dutch Bottoms:
Great Egret - 26
Herring Gull - 4
Laughing Gull - 1
Rankin Bottoms:
Double-crested Cormorant - 220
Great Egret - 42
American Golden-Plover - 5
Ten Islands (from Browns Hollow Road):
Green-winged Teal - 6
Great Egret - 180
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
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