Rankin Bottoms, Cocke County Douglas Lake elevation: 994.1 - full summer pool Late yesterday, we led a group of Sierra Club paddlers into some of the sloughs and coves north of Rankin Bridge. We found that Double-crested Cormorants have established a rookery in the cottonwoods about a half-mile from the bridge. Nearby is an active Osprey nest, #15 in Cocke county. Yellow-crowned Night-heron and Greater Scaup were the most unusual sightings for the day. Partial list: Wood Duck (20+) Greater Scaup (rounded head, bulkier body than Lesser) Double-crested Cormorant (200+, 16 active nests) http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/143595921 Great Blue Heron (20, with at least 8 nestlings in Morris Island heronry) Great Egret (10) Green Heron (5) Black-cr.Night-Heron (12) image of juv: http://www.pbase.com/image/143595798/large Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (juv.) http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/143594783 http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/143595866 Osprey (7) Red-headed Woodpecker Great Crested Flycatcher Cliff Swallow (500+) Prothonotary Warbler (9) Orchard Oriole (4) Baltimore Oriole (3) Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens Del Rio TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER==================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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 ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA -------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Chris O'Bryan Clemson, SC __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________