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 Del Rio TN************************************************* BRISTOL BIRDS NET LIST MENDOTA HAWK MIGRATION DAILY AND SEASON TOTALS CAN BE FOLLOWED DAILY ON THE HAWK MIGRATION ASSOC. SITE http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsitep6&PHPSESSID²eb5deb1ae5a23e55dcf30171c5ba85 Be sure and visit the Bristol Bird Club website at: http://bristolbirdclub.org Nature Calendar for NE TN / SW VA: http://www.google.com:80/calendar/embed?src=eHlvbjQyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ This is a regional birding list sponsored by the Bristol Bird Club to facilitate communications between birders and bird clubs of Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee. -------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to Bristol-Birds. To unsubscribe, send an email to bristol-birds-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the one word 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. -------------------------------------------------- Wallace Coffey, Moderator wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (423)764-****