[Bristol-Birds] Rankin -4/28/12

From: michael sledjeski <mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:11:07 -0400
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke County,  4/28/12, 3-8PM, by canoe
Douglas Lake elevation: 987 ft. -  too high for extensive viewing from shore.

Plenty of eagle activity - a 5-photo sequence of eagle vs. osprey starts at 
http://www.pbase.com/image/142985051
No unusual shorebird species, despite good numbers; better luck with waterfowl 
-  Red-Breasted Merganser was a lifer for us, close looks at some Horned 
Grebes, and a late Snow Goose.

Highlights:
Snow Goose
    image at  http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/142997016
Wood Duck (65)
Blue-winged Teal (125+)
Northern Shoveler (2)
Ring-necked Duck
Red-breasted Merganser (2)
     3 images starting at  http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/142985531
Horned Grebe (3)
     2 images starting at  http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/142985555
Double-crested Cormorant (140+)
Great Egret (18)
     2 images starting at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/142985563
Green heron (4- FOY)
Osprey (7)**
Bald Eagle (18 - 4 adults)
Red-tailed Hawk
Am. Coot (6)
Greater Yellowlegs (28)
Lesser Yellowlegs (60)
Solitary sandpiper (24)
Spotted Sandpiper (6)
Caspian Tern (5)
Forster's Tern
Prothonotary Warbler (6)
Common Yellowthroat -FOY
Orchard Oriole (3-FOY)
Baltimore Oriole -FOY

**One more active Osprey nest, another under construction, and one now vacant.  
Another reported on the Bean Tower at ConAgra in Newport, bringing the county 
total to 13.

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN 



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