[Bristol-Birds] Rankin waders & shorebirds
- From: "michael sledjeski" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx>
- To: TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:56:14 -0400
Doouglas Lake, Rankin area, Cocke county
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, July 20, 2006
Lake level: 990.5
The lake is receding earlier than usual this year, providing mudflats and
shallows for foraging in the fertile bottomlands of Rankin. We looked for
birds in openings on both sides of the French Broad waterway just south of
McCowan's Creek. We recorded 7 species of shorebird, high for this date
because of the low lake level, and 8 wader species, the most we've seen in
one day at Rankin.
Species & numbers observed:
Great blue heron (18)
Great egret (78)
Snowy egret (2)
Little blue heron (16, all immature)
Cattle egret
Green heron (18)
Black-crowned night-heron (21)
White ibis (4, all immature)
Killdeer (38)
Greater yellowlegs
Lesser yellowlegs
Solitary sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper (3)
Semipalmated sandpiper
Least sandpiper (6)
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Cocke county TN
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