[TN-Bird] Re: Laughing Gulls, Buff-br. Sandpipers, Sanderlings - Douglas Lake/Rankin
- From: Ben Britton <benbrdn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jmpawli88@xxxxxxx>, Bird List Freelists <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:26:46 +0000
Sept. 1, (Wed): Cocke Co., Rankin and Dutch Bottoms.
Made a swing through Rankin bottoms and then continued on to Dutch bottoms to
the area where Jim had seen the gulls. Both of the Immature Laughing gulls
were still present with apprx 95 Ring-billed gulls. They flushed when I first
exited my vehicle but soon returned to the shore where I could observe them w/
my 7X35. There was not much more activity in this section of the lake, but I
did have 48 additional species at Rankin bottoms.
Highlights included a lesser Yellowlegs (no scope for other shorebirds) and 4
warbler species. (N.Waterthrush, Prothonitary, Yellow warbler, and
C.Yellowthroat.) The water is slowly going down, but a scope is still needed
for maximum viewing. I am hoping to return Sat. (9-4) for the TOS outing.
Been birding?
Ben Britton
Morristown, TN
> To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Laughing Gulls, Buff-br. Sandpipers, Sanderlings - Douglas
> Lake/Rankin
> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:10:22 -0400
> From: jmpawli88@xxxxxxx
>
> Highlights today from Douglas Lake/Rankin bottoms late this afternoon/early
> evening were 2 juv. Laughing Gulls together amongst Ring-bills along the
> shoreline of Douglas Lake at the same spot I the one bird was
> yesterday--opposite and just a little north of where Rankin Hill Rd. T's into
> Rt. 32/25E. For the most part both birds similar in plumage although one was
> a bit further along into 1st-basic (winter) plumage, having a few dark gray
> feathers coming in on the mantle and wings, while the other bird (and
> apparently the same one from yesterday) appeared to be in full juv. plumage.
> No sign of the Avocet.
>
> Rankin Bottoms was hopping with shorebirds with the water level appearing to
> have gone down roughly 5-10 ft. from yesterday, exposing fresh flats, and
> with a clear increase in the #s of shorebirds after last nights clear
> skies--at least 200+ were present (with the most numerous being Killdeer and
> Semipalmated Sandpiper). Highlights included 3 Buff-breasted Sandpipers and 2
> Sanderlings (ad. and juv. together). Most of the birds were on the main
> shoreline flat that would have been straight out and slightly right (south?)
> from the railroad crossing on Hill Rd., while there were also a lot of
> distant birds that were barely identifiable at 60x futher out on a long spit.
> When I left this evening a train was parked blocking the road, although
> luckily I parked on the opposite side, but just a heads up.
>
> Earlier in the morning a walk on the Harmon Loop trail at Norris Dam State
> Park in Anderson? Co. turned up a nice group of Warblers that included 6+
> Black-and-Whites, 4 Blackburnians, 3 Hooded, Chestnut-sided, Ovenbird, 2
> Worm-eating, and single Kentucky, Canada, and Tennessee Warblers.
>
>
> Jim Pawlicki
> Buffalo, NY (currently Knoxville)
>
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