[Bristol-Birds] Franklin's Gulls at Upper Douglas Lake
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:25:44 -0400
29 Sep 2010
Upper Douglas Lake, Cocke Co., TN
Most of Rankin Bottoms is now high & dry, now that the lake has fallen to about
975 ft.
Only the lower end still has any mud flat. Most of the birds have moved just
downstream
to the Ten Islands section of the lake. Michael Sledjeski & I checked this
area by
motorized canoe. This area is very difficult to access by land. Some gulls,
egrets, etc
were also seen in the Dutch Bottoms section (downstream from Walters Bridge on
hwy 25-E).
FRANKLIN'S GULL - 4 imm
Laughing Gull - 5 imm
Ring-billed Gull - 100+
Com. Tern - 2
N. Shoveler - 7
Blue-wg. Teal - 3
Green-wg. Teal - 1
Great Egret - 160+
Blk-cr. Night-Heron - 5+
Dbl-cr. Cormorant - 50+
Gr. Yellowlegs - 3
Lsr. Yellowlegs - 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 50+
Baird's Sandpiper - 2
Pectoral Sandpiper - 40+
Stilt Sandpiper - 3
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER - 1
Tree Swallow - 600+
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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