[TN-Bird] Rankin report - 7/17

Rankin Bottoms, Cocke county, 7/17/08, by canoe
Douglas Lake elevation: 985.0

Reddish egret:  As Steve Clendenen reported yesterday, the reddish  
egret has been staying  on or near a log on the submerged riverbank.   
Mike Todd and I found it there in the late afternoon on 7/16, and   
Leslie Gibbens and I saw it there again on Thursday a little after  
6:00 PM, and again at 7:45.  It flew to roost with the egrets about a  
half mile downriver at 8:00 PM.  The log is best  seen from shore by  
driving under the tipple to the open view across the lake, looking to  
the right.

Image of reddish egret in action @   http://www.pbase.com/image/ 
100329360
Image of same, on the log @  http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/ 
100341176

Shorebirds were foraging along the lakeshore across from the access  
road, and were concentrated at the south end, seen from shore near  
the RR crossing & WMA sign.

Shorebird count:
Killdeer (ca. 250)
Lesser yellowlegs (6)
Solitary sandpiper (2)
Spotted sandpiper (6)
Least sandpiper (28)
Pectoral sandpiper (4)
Short-billed dowitcher (2)

Michael Sledjeski
Del Rio TN
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