[Bristol-Birds] Re: Osprey, Spotted Sandpiper, etc. (Cocke, Jefferson, Knox Co., TN)

  • From: michael sledjeski <mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 21:56:09 -0400

Don,

Hmmm.  So you declare the Walters Bridge nest for Jefferson county? I've 
claimed it for Cocke, based on more southerly location above the navigable 
channel.

Anyway, the bridge is scheduled by TDOT for replacement soon.  I'll bet the 
pair relocate in Cocke, which has more potential high-elevation, wide 
visibility nest sites. 

Birding should get more interesting on Douglas - major drawdown this past week, 
revealing more shallow habitat,and juveniles and early migrants on the move.  
If only the temperature would drop into the 80s, for more comfortable 
exploration.

Michael Sledjeski
Del Rio TN 
  
On Jul 1, 2012, at 9:30 PM, Alice Loftin / Don Miller wrote:

> June 30, 2012
> 
> A quick trip to Knoxville, followed by a brief stop along the Dutch Bottoms 
> (DB) area of Douglas Lake produced the following:
> 
> Double-crested Cormorant (8 Cocke, 3 Jefferson, 3 Knox)
> 
> Great Egret (3 Cocke)
> 
> Osprey (4 on 2 nests Cocke (silos at DB), 1 Jefferson (J.M. Walters Bridge), 
> 3 Knox (Fort Loudoun Lake at Sequoyah Park; 2 birds calling from and around 
> nest platform))
> 
> Spotted Sandpiper (1 Cocke)
> 
> Don Miller
> Greeneville, Greene Co., TN

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