Ten Islands section, Douglas Lake, Cocke county 8/21/08, 5-8:00 PM; by canoe Lake elevation: 972 ft (down 4 ft. since 8/16)The shoreline has changed drastically in the past few days - the only mud at Rankin Bottoms is at the upper end of a narrow stream, and the prime waterbird habitat is 2 miles downlake in the Ten Islands area. We launched at the Leadvale boat ramp and were glad to have a trolling motor to push us against a 10 mph wind out of the south. Shorebirds were concentrated along the mudflat edges, a couple hundred waders foraged in the shallows. The nearest land viewpoints would be from Brown Hollow Rd., about a mile distant.
Partial list: Great Blue Heron (24) Great Egret (175) Osprey Semipalmated plover Killdeer (250+) Greater Yellowlegs (6) Lesser Yellowlegs (16) Spotted Sandpiper (7) Semipalmated Sandpiper (32) Least Sandpiper (ca. 100) Pectoral Sandpiper (85) Stilt Sandpiper (2 juvenile) - photo at http://www.pbase.com/image/102027827/large Caspian Tern Tree Swallow (400+) Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens Del Rio TN*************************************************
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