[Bristol-Birds] Rankin waders & shorebirds

  • From: michael sledjeski <mtnsylva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 10:42:29 -0400

Rankin Bottoms, Cocke county, 8/2/11, 6-9 PM, by canoe, along with Larry & 
Susan McGowan, & Clarence Kellerman
Douglas Lake elevation: 989.2 ft.  ( mudflats not yet visible from shore)

One white wader in flight had the black legs and  bill, and yellow feet , of an 
adult SNOWY EGRET.  We  normally see one or two here during this season.    

Partial list:

Wood duck (20+)
Great blue heron (8)
Great egret (75)
Snowy egret  
Little blue heron (7 juv.)
Green heron (23)
Black-crowned-heron (22)
Osprey (8)
Killdeer (60+)
Lesser Yellowlegs (2- First of Season)
Least sandpiper (8)
Pectoral sandpiper (10 - FOS))
Spotted sandpiper (5)
Solitary sandpiper (7)

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
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