[TN-Bird] Rankin-9/4/11
- From: michael sledjeski <mbsledjeski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 06:39:05 -0400
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke county, 9/4/11, 10-2 PM, by canoe
Douglas Lake elevation: 979.5 ft. (old RR bed road open along the bottoms,
mudflats emerging past the RR trestle)
We, along with Kevin Burke from Gatlinburg, floated past the Leadvale RR
trestle and found many Least, a crippled Stilt, and a couple of Baird's
Sandpipers, then returned to the Rankin embayment, where we found most of the
shorebird species reported earlier this month; the gulls have moved on to Dutch
Bottoms. Visiting birders from Asheville, Knoxville, and Johnson City asked
about the Ruff, but it hasn't been seen since late on 9/1. One last ruff image
is at
http://www.pbase.com/image/137811164/original
Some highlights from 9/4:
Semipalmated Plover (28)
Greater yellowlegs (2)
Lesser yellowlegs (20)
Solitary sandpiper (4)
Willet
Spotted sandpiper (5)
Sanderling (4)
2 photos, starting at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137802266
Semipalmated sandpiper (40+)
Western sandpiper (2)
Least sandpiper (120+)
White-rumped sandpiper
http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137811054
Baird's sandpiper (6)
http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137802270
Pectoral sandpiper (60+)
Stilt sandpiper (17)
http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137811056
Buff-breasted sandpiper (18)
2 photos, starting at http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/137811080
Short-billed dowitcher (2 juv.)
http://www.pbase.com/image/137811093/original
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Del Rio TN -Home of the Del Rio Song Contest
http://www.delriosongcontest.com/
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