[TN-Bird] Rankin birds returning

  • From: "michael sylva" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "TN-bird" <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,"petewyatt" <pete.wyatt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:45:49 -0400

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 

 
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