[Bristol-Birds] Rankin Golden-Plover etc.
- From: "michael sledjeski" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:12:49 -0400
Rankin area, Cocke county, 9/16/06, 5-8:00 PM
Douglas Lake elevation: 978.8 - 978.6
We drove south along the old RR bed to the Gate Pond and watched the
AMERICAN AVOCET, and about 50 lesser & greater yellowlegs, with Don Holt and
friends, and Steve & Rebecca Satterfield. We then launched our canoe from
Birders' Point (reached by the trail east from the coal tipple) and cruised
along the riverbank shoal. Among the usual shorebirds, we saw a lone
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 6 SANDERLINGS, a tight flock of 18 STILT SANDPIPERS,
and a GREEN-WINGED TEAL.
We went around the point, under the RR trestle, to check out the Ten Islands
side of Rankin peninsula. We saw about 40 KILLDEER & 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS in
the fresh mudflats west of the trestle. Fifteen WILD TURKEYS foraged below
the trees, 30+ GREAT EGRETS & a few GREAT BLUE HERONS waded in the shallows
toward the south.
Around sunset, the great egrets at Rankin Bottoms flew west, presumably to
gather at Ten Islands for the night. This area can be observed from
Brown's Hollow Rd. the last left turn before crossing the RR into the
Rankin WMA. Mr. Wendell Wilde often accosts and questions strangers in the
Brown's Hollow area, but tolerates birders. The road is county-maintained
and open to the public as far as the gate at the end.
Douglas Lake is lowering rapidly, and is predicted to be at 975' by Tuesday
night, the 19th. The shoreline from Birders' Point to old trestle abutment
should provide good looks across to the mudflats.
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Cocke county TN
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