[Bristol-Birds] Shorebirds, etc. (Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson Co., TN)
- From: Don Miller <raincrow@xxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Butternuts <butternuts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 23:41:21 -0400
September 3, 2005
[posted September 4, 2005]
On Saturday, September 3, I made a foray to the upper Douglas Lake area
of Cocke, Hamblen, and Jefferson Counties and, as usual this time of
year, was not disappointed. At Rankin Wildlife Management Area in Cocke
County, I met Leslie Gibbens and Michael Sledjeski for yet another great
canoe trip. On Douglas Lake in Jefferson County along Highway 25-E, I
met Charlie and Tracy Muise and a visiting birder from the Chattanooga
area whose name unfortunately I did not catch (please forgive me, kind
sir--when I got home and consulted my notes, I realized that I hadn't
written down your name). Here's the lowdown on the birds--
Cocke County (C): Dutch Bottoms viewed briefly from car; Rankin Wildlife
Management Area viewed from shore near tipple and from canoe;
Hamblen County (H): islands of Rankin Wildlife Management Area (just
above the mouth of the Nolichuckey River) viewed from canoe; Nolichuckey
River bottomlands viewed from Leeper's Ferry Road (adjacent to Hamblen
unit of Rankin Wildlife Management Area);
Jefferson County (J): Leadvale boat launch (across French Broad River
from Cocke County unit of Rankin Wildlife Management Area); Douglas Lake
at J.M. Walters Bridge on Highway 25-E.
Pied-billed Grebe (1 H);
Double-crested Cormorant (99 C, 19 J, 1 H);
American White Pelican (1 C; also viewed earlier in the day by the Muise
party);
Great Blue Heron (18 C, 5 H, 3 J);
Great Egret (87 C, 23 H, 4 J);
Little Blue Heron (5 immatures C, 3 immatures H);
Green Heron (5 H, 1 C, 1 J);
Black-crowned Night-Heron (6 C, 1 H);
Canada Goose (32O C);
Wood Duck (13 C, 7 J, 3 H);
Mallard (41 C, 12 J, 4 H);
Blue-winged Teal (2 H);
Black Vulture (102 J, 1 C);
Turkey Vulture (4 H, 1 C);
Osprey (3 C);
Bald Eagle (1 H--subadult with brown flecking in upper portion of tail
feathers; plumage otherwise apparently adult);
Red-tailed Hawk (1 C);
American Kestrel (1 H);
Wild Turkey (9 C);
Semipalmated Plover (8 H);
Killdeer (47 C, 42 H, 5 J);
Lesser Yellowlegs (1 H);
Solitary Sandpiper (4 C);
Spotted Sandpiper (4 H, 1 C);
Semipalmated Sandpiper (8 H);
Western Sandpiper (2 H, 1 C);
Least Sandpiper (41 C, 35 H);
Pectoral Sandpiper (10 H, 3 C);
Dunlin (3 H);
Stilt Sandpiper (1 H);
Laughing Gull (6 J, including both juveniles and adults; several of
these also observed by the Muise party);
Ring-billed Gull (30+ J);
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1 C);
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 H);
Eastern Kingbird (2 J);
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (46 H);
Barn Swallow (1 H);
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1 H);
Prothonotary Warbler (1 C).
Don Miller
Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
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