Douglas Lake has risen past the coal tipple at Rankin Bottoms, and there were plenty of birds there this morning. Most unusual was a female Long-tailed Duck, a first for the area. She stayed close to a mallard drake, and followed him when he flew around, then downriver. There were several gangs of Yellowlegs, about 20 Greater and 40+ Lesser. We saw 4 Pectoral Sandpipers, and a couple other similar shorebirds that we couldn't I.d. Also: Blue-winged Teal: 75+, everywhere in the grassy shallows Wood Duck: a group of 6 pairs, plus 4 separate pairs Double-crested Cormorant: 100+ Great Blue Heron: 18 Great Egret: 2 Green Heron: 2 Osprey: 3 (one grabbed a bright red carp and hauled it like a banner back to the nest) Bald Eagle: 1 2nd-year Common Snipe: 2 Ring-billed Gulls: 100+ Prothonotary Warbler: 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler: 5 White-eyed vireo:1 Some Eastern Kingbirds, Tree Swallows, Downy Woodpeckers, Turkey Vultures, and, of course, Canada Geese, Mallards, and Red-winged Blackbirds. Check it out, let us know what you find there. Michael Sledjeski and Leslie Gibbens Michael Sledjeski and Leslie Gibbens =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================