[TN-Bird] Re: Ruff still present
- From: KD Edwards <sparverius@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "sparverius@xxxxxxxxxxx" <sparverius@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:25:56 -0400
Beth Schilling, Jean Alexander, David Johnson, and I left Rankin about 8PM (31
Aug) and the Ruff was still present. We had great but distant looks by walking
out to the point from the parking area before the tipple. At least 12 birders
were there between 5-8pm and everyone got to see it. She was actively feeding
most of the time and spent much of the time near the yellowlegs.
Buff-breasted were hard to miss. Widely scattered and feeding near the water
as well as higher up in the drier areas.
I tallied 15 species of plovers and shorebirds and realized later I hadn't
picked a Western out of the peeps. I did not have any gulls but Wallace Coffee
and the others went on to the end of the road and reported several Ring-billed
but no Lesser Black-backed.
Lake level is right at 981 ft.
I didn't focus on counting but highlights and, ahem, rough estimates below
(sorry, Wallace started the puns)
Blue-winged Teal, at least 1
N Shoveler, at least 1
White Ibis, 5 immatures
Am Golden-Plover, 3
Semipalmated Plover, a few
Killdeer, lots
Spotted Sandpiper, 6+
Greater Yellowlegs, few
Lesser Yellowlegs, more
Ruff, 1
Sanderling, 4 immatures
Semipalmated Sandpiper, most of the peeps, 30-40ish?
Least Sandpiper, fewer than semis
Baird's Sandpiper, 2
Pectoral Sandpiper, 20-30?
Stilt Sandpiper, 1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 20+ widely scattered so hard to count
Dowitchet, 2 in poor light but looked to be Short-billed
Large group of a few hundred swallows with Bank and Tree being the most
numerous but also N Rough-winged, Cliff, and Barn.
Good birding and good company!
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
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On Aug 31, 2011, at 17:38, KD Edwards <sparverius@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Several birders here at Rankin now and we have the Ruff near the tipple but
> it is moving around a bit.
>
> 20 + Buff-breasted
> 1 Am Golden-Plover
> Lots of other stuff to look at later
>
> Dean Edwards
> Knoxville, TN
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