Rankin Bottoms, Douglas Lake. Elevation at 10 am on 4-11-05: 980.40. The short-billed dowitcher and lesser scaup were at Rankin Bottoms today (April 11, 2005). Other birds of note: Eastern Kingbird: 3 (I had my first eastern kingbirds at Rankin Bottoms on 4-5-05) Osprey: 4 (two active nests) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 6 (a pair building a nest. Nest looked nearly complete) Ring-billed Gull- 4 Prothonatary Warbler: 7 Canada Goose: 10 Mallard: 17 Red-breasted Merganser: 1 Herring Gull: 1 Killdeer: 4 (I saw 3 chicks out of the nest on below Douglas Dam on 4-8-05) Greater Yellowlegs: 34 Lesser Yellowlegs: 2 (probably more) Pectoral Sandpiper: 1 Dunlin: 1 (was here on 4-8-05) Double-crested Cormorant: 1 Blue-winged Teal: 26 Least Sandpiper: 21 Lesser Scaup: 1 Short-billed Dowitcher: 1 An immature bald eagle was seen on 4-8-05 No great blue herons, wood duck, green-wing teal were seen on 4-11-05. Approximately 30-40 cars seen parked at Rankin Bottoms. Other birds of note seen at Rankin Bottoms on 4-8-05: Great blue heron: 21 Great Egret: 1 wood duck: 4 Greater Yellowlegs: 3 Canada Goose: 11 Double-crested Cormorant: 3 Blue-wing teal: 26 Mallard: 12 Wood duck: 16 Bald eagle: 1 (immature) Pectoral Sandpiper: 2 Prothonatary Warbler: 1 Allan Trently ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx >From: "michael sledjeski" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx> >Reply-To: mtnsylva@xxxxxxx >To: "TN-bird" <TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [TN-Bird] Rankin dowitcher, scaup & >Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:10:34 -0400 > >Douglas Lake is creeping up into Rankin Bottoms: thousands of carp are >partying in the shallows, and the summer birds are returning. A couple of >rarities: Leslie Gibbens and I spotted a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER (first >spring record at Rankin, to my knowledge) in a gang of yellowlegs, and a >LESSER SCAUP (first ever recorded at Rankin) dabbling with some teal. >Tomorrow may be the last day that the low road along the bottoms will be >completely above the lake waters, but good viewing should be possible from >shore until the end of the month. Right now, the area is mobbed with >fishermen after white bass on their spring run. > >Also observed: >Double-crested cormorant (3) >Great Blue Heron (10, including one in a nest on the riverbank opposite >McCowan's Creek) >Wood Duck (7) >Mallard (12) >Blue-winged teal (50+) >Osprey (7) >Least sandpiper (7) >Greater yellowlegs (7) >Lesser yellowlegs (15) >Ring-billed gull >Eastern kingbird (2) - First Of Season >Barn swallow >Tree Swallow >Cliff swallow (200+ near Rankin Bridge) >Blue-gray gnatcatcher (12) -FOS >Prothonotary warbler (9) -FOS >Yellow-rumped warbler (6) >et al. > >Michael Sledjeski >Del Rio, Cocke County TN > > > > >=================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 >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > ======================================================== > > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! 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