[Bristol-Birds] Rankin Bottoms WMA
- From: Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:47:37 -0400
September 19, 2014
Rankin Bottoms WMA, Cocke County
Spent a couple of hours at Rankin Bottoms Wildlife Management Area in
Cocke County this afternoon. Both the numbers and diversity of shorebirds I
saw had decreased since my last visit on September 12. A partial list of
birds:
Blue-winged Teal (8)
Northern Harrier (1 immature, scattered everything around 4:45 pm!)
Great Egret (30+)
Great Blue Heron (18)
Green Heron (2)
Killdeer (18)
American Avocet (1, continuing across from Ivy Trail)
Pectoral Sandpiper (4)
Least Sandpiper (8)
Spotted Sandpiper (2)
Palm Warbler (4 near beginning of old road bed)
Dutch Bottoms
Laughing Gull (2, continuing)
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Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee
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