[TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms - Sept 5
- From: "Charles P. Nicholson" <cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-Bird Listserve" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:03:43 -0400
Rankin Bottoms, Douglas Lake, Cocke County, TN
Don Holt, Rack Cross, Michael Sledjeski and I birded Rankin Bottoms from
about 4:30 PM until dark. We scoped from the road for an hour or so and
then worked the area by canoe and kayak. The road was passible by ordinary
cars. It may not be so later in the week if we get a lot of rain.
Birds seen:
Double-crested Cormorant - about 50
Great Blue Heron - 20
Great Egret - 60
Little Blue Heron - 1
Green Heron - 12
Black-crowned Night Heron - 25
Canada Goose - 250+
Wood Duck - 8
Mallard - 50
Turkey Vulture - 10
Osprey - 4
Merlin - Don and Rack had one fly over them at close range.
Semipal Plover - 20
Killdeer - 100+
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 10
Solitary Sandpiper - 2
Sanderling - 4
Semipal Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper - 10+
Least Sandpiper - 75+
Baird's Sandpiper - at least 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - 15
Stilt Sandpiper - 5
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 4
Dowitcher - 5
Total shorebirds over 300
Caspian Tern - 1
Moruning Dove
Belted Kingfisher - 6+
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Swallows - a few hundred, including
Tree Swallow
N Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
Am Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
White-eyed Vireo - singing
Common Yellowthroat
N Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Am Goldfinch
Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN
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