[TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms Aug 23, 2005- Sanderling, Dunlin

On August 23, 2005, Michael Sledjeski, Leslie Gibbons, Jane Awl (TVA Wetlands Biologist), Brandon Chance (TVA Aquatic Biologist), and I used a motorized boat to survey Rankin Bottoms, Cocke and Hamblen Counties, TN. We birded from 1:35 pm to approximately 5 pm. We launched the boat from the TWRA boat ramp near Rankin Bridge and went downstream into the mudflat between Holt Town Road and the riverbank. We birded the area from 2:00 pm to 3:00. At this time the water elevation was 989.46. Here we saw:

Killdeer- 12
Dunlin- 1
Pectoral Sandpiper- 30 (all in one flock)
Spotted Sandpiper- 3
Solitary Sandpiper- 1
Least Sandpiper- 3
Semipalmated Plover- 1
Great Egrets- 13
Great Blue Heron- 1
Green Heron- 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron- 1
Little Blue Heron- 1
Canada Geese- 15
Wood Duck- 4
Belted Kingfishers
and others

After this flat we drove up the Nolichucky River to the ?Nolichucky Flats? which are on the left. We birded at this site from 3:45 to 4:40. At this time the water elevation was 989.36. About two acres of flats existed with a good portion of them vegetated. Birds seen include:

Killdeer- 30
Semipalmated Plover- 1
Sanderling- 1
Common Snipe- 1
Pectoral Sandpiper- 9
Spotted Sandpiper- 1
Western Sandpiper- 1
Least Sandpiper- 1
Solitary Sandpiper- 1
White Ibis- 3 (all immature)
Great Blue Heron- 2
Blue-winged Teal- 10
Little Blue Heron- 2
Great Egret- 22
and others


Allan Trently
Anderson County, Norris, TN
ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx

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