A few images from yesterday's trip, some of multiple species for purposes of comparison:
Snowy Egret & Little Blue Heron - http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/ image/100510092 Caspian & Forster's Terns - http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/ 100510308
Reddish & Great Egret - http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/100510892 Western Sandpiper - http://www.pbase.com/image/100509739Last shot of the day, a Green Heron - http://www.pbase.com/ sylvafoto/image/100511007
From last Thursday: 4 heron species - http://www.pbase.com/ sylvafoto/image/100511314/large
Michael Sledjeski Del Rio TN
20 Jul 2008 Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co., TN Members & friends of the Herndon (aka Elizabethton) chapter of TOS enjoyed a canoe trip in mid afternoon, despite the heat. Highlights: REDDISH EGRET - 1, easily seen along the shalows & mudflats;also visible from shore at the first major opening along the access road.Snowy Egret - 1, fairly regular here, but not annual Little Blue Heron - 3 imm Western Sandpiper - 1, first of season here also present: Great Egret - 35+ Green Heron - 5+ Great Blue Heron - 10+ Double-cr. Cormorant - 25+ Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 Greater Yellowlegs - 1 Lesser Yellowlegs - 3 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1+ Least Sandpiper - 12+ Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 Ring-billed Gull - 10 Caspian Tern - 1 Forster's Tern - 2 Osprey - 4+ Purple Martin - 3+ Bank Swallow - 5+By my count, there were 19 of us in 7 canoes, which made it tough to keepeveryone together & focused on the smaller shorebirds. Thanks to Don Holt for providing 6 canoes & gear.Also thanks to Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens, Don Miller, and others forjoining us. Rick Knight Johnson City, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCESTenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/ tennessee3.gifAerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________
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