September 20, 2008 Cocke County-- Dutch Bottoms (DB) (Douglas Lake shoreline along Highway 25-E); Ten Islands (TI) (Douglas Lake shoreline at end of Brown's Hollow Road); Rankin Bridge (on French Broad River at upper end of Rankin Bottoms) [note: TI cannot be accessed by land except through private property, and permission must be obtained to do so; Michael Sledjeski graciously made arrangements for access] Observers: Terry Alford, Jim Anderson, Dianne Draper, Leslie Gibbens, Ginger Goolsby, Don Holt, Rick Knight, Rose Lapp, Ron Lapp, Don Miller, Eric Noblet, Kathy Noblet, Brookie Potter, Jean Potter, Michael Sledjeski A large group of birders, mostly from the Tri-cities area, visited Cocke County this morning and afternoon. (I hope I haven't omitted anyone; if I have, someone please send a correction.) Michael Sledjeski and I also birded Rankin Bridge briefly afterward. Results were good. A partial list includes: Double-crested Cormorant (221--200+ at Rankin Bridge, the rest seen earlier) Great Egret (108) Osprey (2, Rankin Bridge) Cooper's Hawk (TI) American Golden-Plover (TI) Semipalmated Plover (5, TI) Killdeer (48) Ruddy Turnstone (TI) Semipalmated Sandpiper (3--1 DB, 2TI) Western Sandpiper (2, TI) Least Sandpiper (52--12 DB, 40 TI) Baird's Sandpiper (TI) Pectoral Sandpiper (DB) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (TI) Wilson's Snipe (TI) Laughing Gull (DB) Ring-billed Gull (20, DB) Eastern Wood-Pewee (Rankin Bridge) Don Miller Greeneville, Greene Co., 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 __________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________