Cocke county, 4/3/12, 6-8 PM, by car Douglas lake elevation: 973.2 ft. - still below Rankin Highlights: -Ten Islands (from Browns Hollow Rd) 6:30-7PM: Northern shoveler (4) Great blue heron (18) Osprey (2 nesting on silo) Bald eagle (juv,) Ring-billed gull (24) -Rankin Bottoms, 7-8 PM: Wood Duck (5) Gadwall (8) Blue-winged teal (10) Green-winged teal (20 Ring-necked duck (4) Bufflehead American Bittern Osprey (3, one near ragged nest in cottonwood) Lesser yellowlegs -Also noted osprey nest on southernmost silo at Dutch Bottoms, and another on a utility pole near Skoal Barn on Industrial Rd., that makes a total of 10 active osprey nests in Cocke county so far this year. Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens Del Rio TN |