[Bristol-Birds] American White Pelican, Sanderling, etc. (Cocke Co., TN)
- From: Don Miller <raincrow@xxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Butternuts <butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 23:17:52 -0400
September 11, 2005
Rankin Wildlife Management Area, Cocke County
Observers: Leslie Gibbens, Don Miller, Michael Sledjeski
Survey method: mostly canoe; also brief time spent on foot
Survey time: approximately 2.5 hours
Site conditions: much of the area still under shallow water but lake
levels falling fast; significant mud flats and dry land, some of which
is beginning to be covered with emergent vegetation
Recorded late this afternoon and evening (taken from my notes, which
probably represent undercounting on some species):
American White Pelican (2);
Double-crested Cormorant (34);
Great Blue Heron (9);
Great Egret (191 + another 15 recorded by Michael for a total of 206);
Little Blue Heron (at least 2);
Black-crowned Night-Heron (6);
Canada Goose (3);
Wood Duck (2);
Mallard (16);
Green-winged Teal (2);
Wild Turkey (5);
Semipalmated Plover;
Killdeer (64);
Lesser Yellowlegs;
Spotted Sandpiper (2);
Sanderling (5 or 6);
Semipalmated Sandpiper (2);
Least Sandpiper (30);
Pectoral Sandpiper (28);
Barn Swallow (16);
Indigo Bunting.
Don Miller
Greeneville, TN
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