Very nice photo of one my favorites. And note that Michael Conway of AR found a
Red Knot at the Pits yesterday.Kevin BreaultBrentwood, TN
On Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:24 AM, michael sledjeski
<mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Cocke county, 9/2/15, 5-8pm, by canoeDouglas Lake elevation: 983.6 ft -
mudflats 1/4 to ½ mile across from the tipple road and shore
Shorebirds were concentrated along the riverbank mudflat/shoal, best scoped
from the clearing past the coal tower.
Blue-winged Teal - 30Great Egret - 120Black-crowned Night-heron - 22Osprey -
2Black-bellied Plover - 1Am. Golden-plover - 2Semipalmated Plover - 16Killdeer
- 125Lesser Yellowlegs - 1Spotted Sandpiper - 8Semipalm. Sandpiper - 5Western
Sandpiper - 3Least Sandpiper - 100Baird's Sandpiper - 4Pectoral Sandpiper -
38Stilt Sandpiper - 4 (FOS)Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 5 (photo below)Ring-billed
Gull - 60Common Nighthawk - 2
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie GibbensDel Rio TN