[TN-Bird] Rankin area - 9/19/09
- From: michael sledjeski <mtnsylva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:25:58 -0400
Douglas Lake, Cocke & Jefferson county, 9/19/09, 2-5PM, by canoe
Lake elevation: 981.2
We saw more shorebirds (12 killdeer, 2 spotted sandpipers) on the
mudbars below Rankin Bridge than at Rankin Bottoms. We launched at
the inlet across from Leadvale and went out northwest to the Leadvale
flats, where we found a variety of shorebirds. When a peregrine
falcon flew overhead, they virtually disappeared, hiding near stubbly
shrubs or crouching into shallow depressions in the mud:
http://www.pbase.com/image/117494901/medium
also, http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/117141046
The mudflats at Rankin Bottoms have comparatively little cover, which
may be why the shorebirds seem to prefer the Leadvale flats - more
hiding places from the peregrine, which apparently has taken up
residence in the area. No problem finding a meal:
http://www.pbase.com/image/117422016/medium
Partial list:
Wood duck (14)
Blue-winged teal
Black-crowned night-heron (1 very juvenile)
http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/117496818/large
http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/117514083
Osprey
Peregrine falcon
Killdeer (42)
American golden-plover (2 - 1 adult, 1 juvenile)
http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/117514130/medium
http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/117514226
Semipalmated plover (9)
Lesser yellowlegs (10)
Spotted sandpiper (3)
Semipalmated sandpiper (3)
Least sandpiper (39 - 5 adult)
http://www.pbase.com/image/117514384/medium
Baird's sandpiper (1 juv.)
http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/117514567
Pectoral sandpiper (29)
Common tern
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN
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