[TN-Bird] Re: Douglas Lake - 9/28/13
- From: michael sledjeski <mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:29:55 -0400
We were paddling at Rankin Bottoms late on 9/28 when more shorebirds came in;
didn't plan to post, since there were no uncommon species, but decided to
supplement Steve's list. - interesting how numbers can change through the
day. Visitors should be sure to drive through the coal tipple to the next
opening for a look to the east. Shoreline viewing conditions should be optimal
by Wednesday; no telling what birds will be there.
Partial list:
Osprey
Semipalmated Plover (18)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (52)
Least Sandpiper (6)
Western Sandpiper (4)
Pectoral Sandpiper (20)
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
On Sep 29, 2013, at 8:06 PM, Steve Ritt wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I tried sending this a few ways last night, but they did not go through
> apparently. Trying again.
>
> Rankin Bottoms:
> Pectoral Sandpiper - 20
> Least Sandpiper - 2
> Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
> Peep sp. - 1
> Am. White Pelican - 1
> Apparently, the lake was covered in swallows in the morning.
> Many Northern Parulas.
>
> Dutch Bottoms (I guess...just NW of Hwy.25E x Rankin Hill Rd.):
> Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
> Laughing Gull - 1
> ...with the Ring-billeds.
>
> Mountain Cove Marina (near Douglas Dam):
> Greater Yellowlegs - 1
>
> Although, we mostly stopped just over the border, on the NC side, the high
> elevations near Clingman's Dome were absolutely chock full of migrants.
> Bay-breasted Warblers were slightly outnumbering the Tennessees, with still
> good numbers of Black-throated Greens, and a few Black-throated Blues,
> Chestnut-sideds, Magnolias, Cape Mays, and Blackburnians. Blue-headed Vireos
> were just behind the Tennessees, and there was a reasonable number of
> Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. Ruby-crowned Kinglets have really moved in. Nothing
> rare, but the abundance was quite a spectacle.
>
> Steve Ritt
> Asheville, NC / San Diego, CA
>
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