[TN-Bird] Re: Rankin: Wilson's Phalarope, etc.
- From: Michael Sledjeski <mtnsylva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:08:47 -0400
> Rankin Bottoms, Cocke county, 7/29/08, 5:30-8:30, by canoe
> Douglas Lake elevation: 983.3 ft.
> David Kirschke (visiting from Nashville) and I found a nice mix
> assortment of shorebirds in the mudflats east of the access road.
> The phalarope was a lifer for David, and there were other first-of-
> season species. The solitary sandpiper count, 32 individuals, was
> extraordinary.
>
> Highlights:
>
> Snowy egret
> Bald eagle (1 adult)
> Semipalmated plover (FOS)
> Lesser yellowlegs (6)
> Solitary sandpiper (32)
> Spotted sandpiper (10)
> Sanderling (5)
> Semipalmated sandpiper (12)
> Least sandpiper (30)
> Pectoral sandpiper (40)
> Stilt sandpiper (3 - FOS)
> Short-billed dowitcher
> Wilson's phalarope (FOS)
> Ring-billed gull (25 - all took flight when the eagle appeared, but
> the rest of the birds stayed on the ground)
> Caspian tern
>
> Michael Sledjeski
> Del Rio TN
>
> http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/100962951/medium.jpg
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