[TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms - 8/23/11
- From: michael sledjeski <mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:44:39 -0400
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke county, Tuesday, 8/23/11, 4-7PM, by canoe
Lake elevation 984.4 ft.
After my camera had failed on 2 previous trips, i returned with a backup.
Total shorebird numbers were down by 75% from 8/22, with many feathers on the
water and smaller birds acting skittish - peregrine attack? Typical waterfowl,
egret, heron, cormorant, & osprey numbers, otherwise,
Partial list:
Little blue heron (1 juvenile)
Semipalmated plover (2)
Greater yellowlegs
Lesser yellowlegs (6)
Solitary sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper (8)
Semipalmated sandpiper (5)
Least sandpiper (3)
Baird's sandpiper
photo at http://www.pbase.com/image/137505087/original
Stilt sandpiper
photo at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137505088
Laughing gull
photos at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137505100
and http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137505121
Ring-billed gull (12000
Herring gull (1 juv.)
Caspian tern
Michael Sledjeski
Del Rio TN -Home of the Del Rio Song Contest
http://www.delriosongcontest.com/
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