[TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms Saturday
- From: michael sledjeski <mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:08:51 -0400
Douglas Lake, Cocke county, 5/15/13, 6-8pm, by canoe
Elevation: 997' (3' above "full pool")
CORMORANT vs. OSPREY - When the cottonwood limb supporting their nest broke
off, an Osprey pair relocated to a tree already occupied by cormorants with 14
nests.
That was a month ago, and now there are no cormorants, in or out of nests, in
that tree. Today, we watched the ospreys bully a dozen cormorants perched in
the old cottonwood. They would fly directly at them, swerve at the last
millisecond, sometimes bump against them as they swooped by. In a few minutes,
all of the cormorants, one by one, flew downriver - where, across from
McCowan's Creek, six Great Blue Heron nests were surrounded by many cormorants,
with their own nests, in peaceful coexistence.
Partial list:
Wood Duck, many, with ducklings
Double-crested Cormorant (300+, 18 nests)
Great Blue Heron (25)
Great Egret (15)
CATTLE EGRET
photo at -http://www.pbase.com/image/150831530
Green Heron (3)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (3)
Osprey (9)
AMERICAN COOT
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (7)
Eastern Kingbird (4)
Tree Swallows
Cliff Swallows
Prothonotary Warbler (9)
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
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