[Bristol-Birds] Shorebirds at Hart Road Pond (Carter Co.)

  • From: "Thomas S. McNeil" <tsmcneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Bristol-Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 14:46:24 -0400 (EDT)


09May2012 

Carter County - Elizabethton, TN 

Hart Road - North Pond 



This afternoon, t here were quite a number of shorebirds on the small pond at 
the north end of Hart Road in Elizabethton, TN.  This pond looks like a good 
one to keep an eye on!  



Spotted Sandpiper (3) 

Solitary Sandpiper (10) 

Lesser Yellowlegs (2) 

Semipalmated Sandpiper (2) 

Least Sandpiper (19) 



Directions to Hart Road from Elizabethton: 

- Take Old Bristol Highway (SR37) at McDonalds (going north) 

- Cross Watauga River and turn left on Watauga Road 

- In about a mile take Sycamore Shoals Drive (on left) 

- Just past the Elizabethton Animal Shelter, turn right onto Hart Road (t he 
pond is on the right, near the end of Hart Road and the intersection with 
Smalling Road) 



*  Caution:  traffic usually comes down the hill (behind you) "way too fast 
"!!! 

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Thomas S. McNeil 

Roan Mountain, TN 

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