[TN-Bird] Re: Upper Douglas Lake - turnstone, stork
- From: "michael sledjeski" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:02:23 -0400
We stayed later than Don, and canoed from RB along the riverbank shoal to
Leadvale, then up the French Broad and into the Nolichucky, returning just
before dark. We spotted a juvenile RUDDY TURNSTONE foraging with 18
SANDERLINGS in the driftwood and litter along the French Broad riverbank.
We also saw several SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 3 species not included on Don's list. We also saw
one COMMON NIGHTHAWK, no doubt #391, reported by Don yesterday, but which we
had missed in our count of 390. :)
We got a close look at the WOOD STORK, which was wading by itself in the
mudflats after the great egrets had flown to roost. It must be spending the
day in the swampy backwaters - nearly all sightings have been after 7:00 PM.
Douglas Lake elevation is slightly higher, due to recent rains. It's
predicted to stay at 983.2 for the next 2 days. Easiest viewing from shore
is below 981.
NOLICHUCKY RIVER (Hamblen county): Limited mudflats; we didn't see any
shorebirds.
Mallard (18)
Great blue heron (6)
Great egret (25)
Green heron (3)
Black-crowned night-heron (8)
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Cocke county
>From: "Donald Miller" <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: "TN-Bird" <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bristol-birds"
><bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Upper Douglas Lake (Cocke Co., Jefferson Co., TN)
>Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:05:11 -0400
>
>September 3, 2006
>[posting date: September 4, 2006]
>Bird numbers were considerably down on upper Douglas Lake compared to what
>they had been on September 2. In a couple of hours of birding time (not
>including the evening roost), I observed the following:
>
>C = Cocke County (Rankin Bottoms (RB), Dutch Bottoms)
>J = Jefferson County (shoreline at J.M. Walters Bridge)
>
>Canada Goose (250 C)
>Great Egret (123 C, 4 J)
>Osprey (RB)
>Semipalmated Plover (11 RB)
>Killdeer (8 RB, 6 J)
>Greater Yellowlegs (RB)
>Sanderling (5 RB)
>Semipalmated Sandpiper (45 RB, 2 J)
>Least Sandpiper (14 RB)
>Pectoral Sandpiper (34 RB)
>Buff-breasted Sandpiper (RB)
>Short-billed Dowitcher (4 RB)
>Red-necked Phalarope (RB)
>Laughing Gull (J)
>Caspian Tern (2 RB, 2 J--likely the same birds)
>Forster's Tern (RB)
>Black Tern (7 RB)
>
>Don Miller
>Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
>pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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