[TN-Bird] Cherokee Lake rookery

24 May 2007
"Bird Island", Cherokee Lake, Hamblen Co. portion
(near Panther Creek S.P.)

Late this afternoon, Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
took me out in their motorized canoe to view this rookery.

Present were:
Dbl-cr. Cormorant:  about 70 nests, most with large young.
Great Blue Heron:  20+ nests, most with large young.
Great Egret:  10 present, but not on nests (unlike last June).
Blk-cr. Night-Heron:  25+ nests, most with adults apparently still
        incubating or brooding.

Spotted Sandpiper:  1

Of interest were 4 or 5 adult night-herons running around on the 
ground (like chickens) picking up dropped fish underneath
cormorant nests. 

Thanks, Michael & Leslie.

Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN

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