> Cocke county, 8/23/09, 6-8:30 PM, by canoe > Douglas Lake elevation: 987.9 > > The water level has receded enough for some broad mudflats to > appear, though visibility from shore is nil. We got a late start, > stuck & unstuck in the mud a few times and likely missed some > shorebirds in the fading light. No rarities, but plenty of peep > activity. Green herons were popping up everywhere. > > Partial list: > > Canada goose (120- flyover) > Pied-billed grebe (3) > http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/116467317/large > Great egret (ca. 200) > Little blue heron (4 juv.) > Green heron (32) > Black-crowned night-heron (15) > Osprey (5) > Bald eagle (1 juv.) > Killdeer (60+) > Spotted sandpiper (12) > Solitary sandpiper > Semipalmated sandpiper (28) > Western sandpiper (6) > http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/116468075 > Least sandpiper (45) > Pectoral sandpiper (4) > Stilt sandpiper (5) > Wilson's snipe > http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/116467940 > http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/116467734 > Ring-billed gull (10) > Caspian tern (3) > Red-headed woodpecker > http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/116467838 > > 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 __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________