[TN-Bird] Rankin shorebirds

Douglas Lake, Cocke county, 7/18/09, 1-4 PM, by canoe
Lake elevation: 991 ft.

Not much shorebird real estate available, just a narrow strip of muddy  
shoreline about  100 yards long long at the Holt Town Rd. inlet, but a  
few migrants managed to find it.

We saw & heard  green herons  all along the way to & from the coal  
tipple, along with the ususal wood ducks, great egrets, ospreys, and  
double-crested cormorants.

Partial list:

Little blue heron (1 imm.)
Green heron (ca. 20)
Killdeer (52)
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary sandpiper (4)
Spotted sandpiper (3)
Least sandpiper (9 adults)
Pectoral sandpiper (2)

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
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