The Hamblen county mudflat where we saw most of the shorebirds yesterday can be viewed - scope recommended- from Leepers Ferry Rd, near Leadvale (coordinates N 36 06'06', W 83 14'52"). Image of the 7 ibises: http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/116144018/medium.jpg Michael Sledjeski Del Rio TN On Aug 16, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Alice Loftin / Don Miller wrote: > August 15, 2009 > [posting date: August 16, 2009] > Upper Douglas Lake--Rankin Bottoms in Cocke County (C), mouth of > Nolichucky River and immediate vicinity in Hamblen County (H) > > Observers, in motorized canoe: Leslie Gibbens, Don Miller, Michael > Sledjeski > > As reported earlier by Troy Evans, shorebird habitat was scarce in > the area. The lake has yet to recede enough to expose significant > mudflats. We examined the flats along the Hamblen County shore of > the Nolichucky River, the area along the Holttown Road section of > Rankin Bottoms in Cocke County, and the area around the gate at the > end of the road leading upstream from the tipple, also at Rankin > Bottoms. > > Highlights were: > > Canada Goose (98 C, 16 H) > Wood Duck (53 C, H) > Double-crested Cormorant (46 C, 9 H) > Great Blue Heron (12 C, 6 H) > Great Egret (88 C, 30 H) > Little Blue Heron (immature H) > Green Heron (11 C, 7 H) > Black-crowned Night-Heron (6 C, 2 H) > White Ibis (7 juveniles C, H; there may have been more, but we could > safely conclude a total of only 7) > Osprey (7 C, H, including 1 along Highway 25-E at Dutch Bottoms) > Bald Eagle (C) > Killdeer (21 C, 82 H) > Spotted Sandpiper (9 C, 3 H) > Lesser Yellowlegs (C) > Solitary Sandpiper (6 H) > Semipalmated Sandpiper (at least 1 C, at least 5 H) > Least Sandpiper (at least 1 C, at least 4 H) > Pectoral Sandpiper (at least 4 H) > Stilt Sandpiper (2 H) > Eastern Screech-Owl (at dusk C) > Red-headed Woodpecker (C) > Great Crested Flycatcher (C) > Purple Martin (at least 16 C) > Tree Swallow (80+ C) > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2 C, 3 H) > Prothonotary Warbler (C) > > Don Miller > Greeneville, Greene Co., TN > > > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________