[TN-Bird] Ruff, 23 Buff-breasted, Baird's at Rankin
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-birds" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:54:01 -0400
30 Aug 2011
Rankin Bottoms
Cocke Co., TN
Rack Cross just telephoned to report that the Ruff was still being
seen early this morning.
He said the Ruff was in a different location and it
was best seen by driving beyond the coal tipple to the next
clearing, walking to the flats and looking in the direction of the
big brick house with white columns.
In addition, Scott Somershoe of Nashville birded there Monday
evening by kayak and had (among other birds) --
23 Buff-breasted Sandpipers
1 Baird's Sandpiper
1 American Golden-Plover
1 Peregrine Falcon
Cross said he and Tracy Slagle birded there 5:30 p.m. to about
8:30 p.m.Monday (29 Aug) and saw Scott who had brought a
kayak in his Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency truck.
Rack reported he and Tracy returned to Rankin this morning,
arriving at 6:40 a.m. and birded until 9:05 a.m.
Their Tuesday list included:
Baird's Sandpiper 1
Ruff 1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Northern Shoveler 4
American Golden-Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killeer 250
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 50
Sanderling 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 14
Stilt Sandpiper 9
Monday evening (29 Aug) Rack and Tracy had:
Ring-billed Gull 65
Laughing Gull 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 (which dispersed the gulls)
American Golden-Plover 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Pectoral Sandpiper 5
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 75
Let's go birding . . . .
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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