[TN-Bird] Rankin waterbirds - 5/25/07

Rankin area, Cocke county, 5/25/07, 5:00-7:00 PM
Douglas Lake elevation: 981.8'

The lake continues to creep up into Rankin Bottoms, though it's 12' lower 
than the same time last year.  Shorebird stopovers are dwindling, and wading 
bird numbers are increasing.  The waterfowl population is growing as broods 
hatch out.

Duay O'Neil and I scanned the river from the Rankin Bridge, then canoed from 
Leadvale up into Rankin Bottoms.

Partial list:
Canada goose (200+, many broods)
Wood duck (60, + 2 broods)
Mallard (55)
Double-cr. cormorant (15)
Great blue heron (22)
Great egret (23)
Little blue heron, adult
Cattle egret
Green heron (6)
Black vulture (45 - seems to be a resident flock)
Osprey (7) **
Semipalmated plover
Killdeer (14)
Greater yellowlegs
Spotted sandpiper (3)
Belted kingfisher

**I found another active osprey nest earlier in the week, on a railroad 
communication tower next to Industrial Rd.   That makes at least 8 in the 
general area.

Michael Sledjeski
Del Rio TN


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