[Bristol-Birds] Red Knot, etc. (Cocke Co., TN)
- From: "Donald Miller" <pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-Bird" <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:20:22 -0400
September 3, 2007
[posting date: September 4, 2007]
Cocke County: Dutch Bottoms
Observers: Don Miller and Michael Sledjeski, in canoe
Observed yesterday: 20 shorebird species, plus a few other notables--
Wood Duck
Northern Pintail (2)
Double-crested Cormorant (17)
Great Blue Heron (28)
Great Egret (43)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Bald Eagle (2 adults)
Ring-billed Gull
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover (8)
Killdeer (175+)
Greater Yellowlegs (12)
Lesser Yellowlegs (40)
Solitary Sandpiper (3)
Willet (2)
Spotted Sandpiper (3)
Red Knot (juvenile, at point-blank range)
Sanderling (3)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (10+)
Western Sandpiper (15)
Least Sandpiper (12+)
Baird's Sandpiper (juvenile, at point-blank range)
Pectoral Sandpiper (23)
Stilt Sandpiper (4)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (3)
Short-billed Dowitcher (at least 1)
Wilson's Phalarope
unidentified peeps (1-2 dozen)
In general, shorebird numbers were down in comparison with last week, though
species diversity was obviously high.
Great trip, Michael. Many thanks.
Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
pandion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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