[TN-Bird] Rankin - 7/6/10

From: michael sledjeski <mtnsylva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 11:19:53 -0400
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke county, 7/6/10, 6-8:30 PM, by canoe
Douglas Lake elevation: 991.5 ft.

Lake elevation had been at full pool, about 994 ft,. since early May,   
too deep for wading birds and submerging the muddy edges that attract  
shorebirds.  TVA began drawing down the lake recently because of the  
lack of  heavy rainfall farther down the river system.  As expected,  
shorebirds & waders are starting to show up.

Partial list:

Wood duck (15 adult, ca. 25 immature)
Double-crested cormorant (90)
Great blue heron (14)
Great  egret (85)
little white wader
  -photo at http://www.pbase.com/image/126318576/original
Green heron (10 total, 2 imm.)
Black-crowned night-heron (26 total, 3 imm.)
Osprey (12 total, 3 fledglings  in 1nest)
Kildeer (65)
Least sandpiper
  -photo at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/126318930
Red-headed woodpecker
Prothonotary warbler (5)

Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
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