[TN-Bird] Re: Kingston - Stilt SP, Narrowmouth Toads
- From: "Allan Trently" <ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:07:29 -0400
I birded TVA's Kingston Steam Plant in Roane County, Kingston, TN on
Saturday, July 28, 2007 from 3:43 pm to 6:15 pm (I didn't have a watch so
the times may be off). I did not meet Dean at the flats so I suppose he
came after I left. It is very interesting the difference in birds I got and
he got.
Some birds I had:
1. Osprey- 3 there are at least three nests in the area
2. Killdeer- at least 12
3. Greater Yellowlegs- 19 these birds were calling nonstop until they all
took off and flew from the area, thus Dean didn't have any when he birded
the area
4. Lesser Yellowlegs- 24
5. Spotted Sandpiper- 1 I did not look around the ponds for this species so
I may have missed quit a few
6. Stilt Sandpiper- 15 very beautiful bird, most with some amount of
breeding (alternate) plumage
7. Least Sandpiper- at least 26- most peeps were near the tall grasses and
far away so they were hard to see
8. Semipalmated Sandpiper- 22- none appeared to be western sandpiper
9. Pectoral Sandpiper- 7
10. Blue grosbeak- 5
No grasshopper sparrows seen or heard.
It is always interesting to compare notes from someone else's count of birds
from the same day. Thanks Dean for the report. Lots of narrowmouth toads
calling when I was there too. Sorry I was late with my report. Dean, what
time were you counting birds?
Allan Trently
Norris, TN
ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx
>From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [TN-Bird] Kingston - Stilt SP, Narrowmouth Toads
>Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:46:00 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>I ran out to Kingston Steam Plant in Roane Co, TN, Saturday evening
>(28 July 2007) to see if the rains brought in any shorebirds. For
>the first time this season, Killdeer were outnumbered by non-Killdeer.
>
>Several dozen (50-60+) EASTERN NARROWMOUTH TOADs were calling in the
>many rain puddles, especially right at the parking lot by the soccer
>fields. Try as I might, I could not photograph one.
>
>The heavy rains this week (FINALLY!) have raised the level of the
>main pond putting most of the flats the birds have been on the
>last few weeks under water. Many of the birds were in the grass
>on the large penninsula on western side of the main pond (closest
>to the parking lot) which was also partly under water. Counting
>was difficult as the birds moved around in the grass and best
>counting was on a couple of occassions when the birds were flushed
>by an Osprey.
>
>birds of note:
>
>Killdeer, ~20
>Lesser Yellowlegs, at least 12
>Spotted Sandpiper, 8
>Semipalmated Sandpiper, ~10
>Least Sandpiper, ~40
>Pectoral Sandpiper, 2
>STILT SANDPIPER, 5 adults, starting to moult but mostly still in
>breeding plumage
>
>
>Dean Edwards
>Knoxville, TN
>
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