The birds at Taylor's Bend don't know it. but they're in Jefferson, not Cocke county.
M.S.
From: "michael sledjeski" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx> Reply-To: mtnsylva@xxxxxxx To: TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TN-Bird] Tayor's Bend - Cocke County Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:38:15 -0400 Douglas Lake (elevation: 957.5), 9/9/07, 5:30 - 8:00 PM, by canoe Cold front & rain moving in, so we took advantage of the late sunshine & went out to the muddiest flats to see who was stopping over. When we arrived at Dutch Bottoms, there were 100+ shorebirds present, but they all took flight as we were unloading. We went across the lake to Taylor's Bend and found a nice assortment of waterbirds. I was focussing on a greater yellowlegs when a killdeer called an alarm & a mass of shorebirds took flight. The yellowlegs proceeded to sink into thewater down to its eyeballs, with a hunk of wing feathers showing behind. Itslowly resumed feeding in a couple of minutes, while the peep flock dashedback & forth along the shore, then settled approximately where they'd begun.Fine example of energy conservation. Great egrets were still flying in to the shallows behind the long mudbar after sunset. It appears that they've moved their roost from Leadvale, 6 miles upriver, closer to the best fishing. Shorter commute, more energy conserved. Notable, and photographed, at Taylor's Bend today: Blue-winged teal (63) Great egret (212) Great blue heron (43) Semipalmated plover (12) Killdeer - many Greater yellowlegs (5) Lesser yellowlegs (14) Willet Spotted sandpiper (2) Ruddy turnstone (3) Solitary sandpiper (3) Semipalm. sandpiper Western sandpiper Least sandpiper >>>Peeps (80+, didn't pick through for a count, but looked for Baird's) Baird's sandpiper (1, then at least 4 at Dutch Bottoms in the growing darkness) Pectoral sandpiper (9) Stilt sandpiper (7) Short-billed dowitcher (2) Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens Del Rio TN
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