[TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 22:21:59 -0400
30 Aug 2014
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co., TN
Several members of the Herndon chapter of TOS and some
other birders tallied 17 species of shorebirds plus other species.
Plenty of good mudflats available, but still rather distant viewing.
Black-bellied Plover - 1
Am. Golden-Plover - 1
Semipalmated Plover - ~20
Killdeer - 75+
Spotted Sandpiper - 4
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Gr. Yellowlegs - 2
Lsr. Yellowlegs - ~20
Sanderling - 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 30+
Western Sandpiper - 2
Least Sandpiper - 25+
Baird's Sandpiper - 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - 20+
Stilt Sandpiper - 1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 3
Short-billed Dowitcher - 6
also:
Wood Duck - 5+
Dbl-cr. Cormorant - 100+
Great Blue Heron & Green Heron - a few
Great Egret - 65+
Black-cr. Night-Heron - 2
Osprey - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 30+
Caspian Tern - 2
Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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