[Bristol-Birds] Peregrine blitz at Rankin Bottoms
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 20:17:34 -0400
9 Sep 2010
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co., TN
water level about 981 ft = good viewing
I had just finished scanning a nice flock of shorebirds when two
peregrines strafed them, nearly taking a Pectoral Sandpiper.
List:
N. Shoveler - 2
Dbl-cr. Cormorant - 50+
Great Egret - 140+
Black-cr. Night-Heron - 2
Osprey - 2
Broad-wg. Hawk - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1 ad & 1 imm
Am. Golden-Plover - 3
Semipalmated Plover - 1
Gr. Yellowlegs - 1
Lsr. Yellowlegs - 16
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 10+
Western Sandpiper - 10
Least Sandpiper - 50+
Baird's Sandpiper - 2
Pectoral Sandpiper - 70+
Stilt Sandpiper - 21
Buff-br. Sandpiper - 5+, maybe more hiding in grass
Short-billed Dowitcher - 2
Wilson's Phalarope - 1
Laughing Gull - 1 imm
Ring-billed Gull - 60+
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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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