[TN-Bird] Rankin GBH rookery

Rankin Bottoms, Cocke County, 3/26/09
By car, 12-2 PM; Douglas Lake elevation: 972.2 ft (beginning to flood  
into the bottoms)

Cliff swallow numbers at Rankin Bridge are growing. >> We spotted 2  
more occupied osprey nests (near the mouth of McCowan Creek, and on a  
railroad microwave tower on Industrial Rd.).
 >>> There are 6 active Great Blue Heron nests in the treetops on a  
ridge about 1/2 mile upstream from the Leadvale boat launch.

Also:
Wood duck (6)
Great Blue Heron (12)
Black vulture (35)
Osprey (8)
Bald eagle (2 immature)
Tree swallow (80+0
Cliff swallow (60+)
Barn swallow
Yellow-rumped warbler (2)
Brown-head. cowbird

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
  
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