Oops, I omitted two participants of the field trip to Rankin Bottoms.
Clancy Deel from Tazewell, VA, and David Schlabach from Burke's
Garden were our guests.
Rick Knight
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Knight
To: bristol-birds;tn-bird
Sent: 8/20/2016 9:57:33 PM
Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Rankin field trip results
20 Aug 2016
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co.
The Herndon Chapter of TOS field trip today had 7 participants:
Roy Knispel, Charles Moore, Judi Sawyer, Rick Blanton,
Don Holt, Dianne Draper, and Rick Knight.
Highlights:
Dbl-cr. Cormorant - 150+
Great Egret - 120+
Little Blue Heron - 1
Blk-cr. Night-Heron - 1
Osprey - 8
Bald Eagle - 1
Semipalmated Plover - 21
Spotted Sandpiper - 5
Lsr. Yellowlegs - 14
Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Stilt Sandpiper - 1
Sanderling - 2
Least Sandpiper - 40+
Pectoral Sandpiper - 70+
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 16+
Western Sandpiper - 3
Short-billed Dowitcher - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 110
Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN