[TN-Bird] Solitary Sandpipers/ Greater Lesser Yellowlegs/ Claiborne County,TN

  • From: NELL MOORE <moorephotography@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 20:41:06 -0400 (EDT)




Location



Claiborne County, TN , Claiborne County, Tennessee, US ( Map 
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=36.52832,-83.73994&ll=36.52832,-83.73994
 )

Yokum Drive



Sun Apr 30, 2017 4:00 PMParty Size:

1Observers:
Nell Moore
Comments:
Driving back from Lee County VA- I looked on the left seeing a lot of water in 
a field I'd never seen. My thoughts were that it was from the flood last week 
here in the county. Wonderful number of Yellowlegs and Solitary Sandpipers for 
this area


Species



4 species total


7


Blue-winged Teal

  http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36433623#


18


Solitary Sandpiper

  http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36433623#

Sandpiper in "grassy pond" in a front yard from recent flooding! White eye 
ring/ White underneath/ white spots on back/ Smaller than the Greater 
Yellowlegs with them


16


Greater Yellowlegs

  http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36433623#

Tall sandpiper/ yellow legs/ bill very slightly turned up NO eye ring/ spotten 
backs/ Also vocalized the tew tew tew when flushed


5


Lesser Yellowlegs

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36433623#

Slightly smaller than Greater Yellowlegs/ Bill smaller and straight- white rump 
and tail Vocalized

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