> Rankin Bottoms, Cocke county, 8/16, 5-8:30 PM, by canoe > Douglas Lake elevation: 986 ft. (mudflats now visible from RR tracks at > entrance to WMA; otherwise, shorebird viewing still very long-range from land) > > Partial list: > Double-crested cormorant (25) > Great egret (160 - counted as they flew to roost) > image at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137304938 > Little blue heron (8 juv.) > Green heron (18) > Black-crowned night-heron (24) > White ibis (2 juv.) > Osprey (6) > Killdeer (220) > Semipalmated plover (3) > image at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137304940 > Greater yellowlegs > Lesser yellowlegs (6) > Solitary sandpiper (9) > Spotted sandpiper (6) > Least sandpiper (46) > Semipalmated sandpiper (2) > Pectoral sandpiper (22) > Short-billed dowitcher (2 - FOS) > image at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137304931 > Ring-billed gull (2- FOS) > Yellow-billed cuckoo > Prothonotary warbler (4) > image at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137304936 > Blue-gray gnatcatcher (4) > Eastern phoebe (juv.) > > Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens > Del Rio TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER==================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clarksville, TN __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________