[TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms

  • From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:08:08 -0400

12 Sep 2012
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co., TN
by motorized canoe with Michael Sledjeski

Pied-billed Grebe - 1
D-c Cormorant - 200
Great Egret - 120+
Little Blue Heron - 1 imm.
Blk-cr. Night-Heron - 3
Osprey - 1

shorebirds were scarce, perhaps due to recent falcon activity:
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 3
Least Sandpiper - 12
Baird's Sandpiper - 5  - - close looks
Pectoral Sandpiper - 20

Ring-billed Gull - 30  - - at Dutch Bottoms

Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN

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