[TN-Bird] Ruff, Lsr. Black-backed Gull, etc at Rankin Bottoms
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:59:02 -0400
27 Aug 2011
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co., TN
(on upper Douglas Lake)
14 members of the Elizabethton Bird Club (Herndon Chapter, TOS)
also Don Miller & Michael Sledjeski
N. Shoveler - 4
D-c. Cormorant - 25+
Great Egret - 75+
Osprey - 2
N. Harrier - 1
Semipalmated Plover - 15
Spotted Sandpiper - 15
Solitary Sandpiper - 2
Gr. Yellowlegs - 1
Lsr. Yellowlegs - 10
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 30+
Western Sandpiper - 2
Least Sandpiper - 60+
Baird's Sandpiper - 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - 60+
Stilt Sandpiper - 4
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 1
Short-billed Dowitcher - 1
RUFF - 1 ad. female - - 3rd record there
Wilson's Phalarope - 2
Laughing Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 90+
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL - 1, 1st winter - - 3rd record there;
this same bird was seen there on 22 Aug by Knight & Sledjeski.
plus: Great Blue Herons, Green Herons, Wood Ducks, Killdeer, Kingfisher.
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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