[Bristol-Birds] Upper Douglas Lake -9/24/11

  • From: michael sledjeski <mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:32:52 -0400

Rankin Bottoms & Ten Islands, Cocke county, 9/24/11, 5-8 PM, from Tipple Rd. & 
by canoe
Lake elevation: 977 ft.

Beautiful evening on the lake, shorebirds feeding enthusiastically

Partial list:
Blue-winged teal (20)
Green-wined teal (28 - FOS)
Pied-billed grebe (3)
Black-bellied plover (3)
Semipalmated plover (14)
Greater yellowlegs (8)
Lesser yellowlegs (3)
Spotted sandpiper
Sanderling (4)
Semi. sandpiper (2)
Least sandpiper (ca. 40)
Pectoral sandpiper (36)
Stilt sandpiper (6)
Buff-breasted sandpiper 
Caspian tern, calling from land and air

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN - Home of the Del Rio Song Contest
                     http://www.delriosongcontest.com/



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