Rueben,
Can you or Rick email me specifics on where you saw the Red Phalarope at Dutch
Bottoms?
Thanks!
Sara Smith
Ssmith2685@xxxxxxx
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On Aug 23, 2016, at 8:11 PM, Ruben Stoll <birdchaserrws@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
August 23rd, 2016
Thanks to the prompt report by Damien Simbeck, Victor and I got good looks
and diagnostic photos of a great lifer. (Red Phalarope)
The bird had been absent at 3 p.m., but we spent a great afternoon birding
with Rick Knight at Rankin Bottoms, then succeeded in finding our target on
the way back out at 6:30.
The island where the bird had been hanging was cleared of all birds by
several local Red-necks, but we soon found it on the near shore, feeding
alongside some peeps and Semipalmated Plover.
Other highlights from the area were:
Sanderling 4
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 7
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Western Sandpiper 2
Bairds Sandpiper 4
Black Tern 56
Caspian Tern 1
Mississippi Kite 1
Bank Swallow 2
Good birding! Ruben Stoll, Centerville TN.