[TN-Bird] Re: Tricolored heron- Upper Douglas Lake
- From: "Richard Knight" <rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:00:45 -0400
Michael, David et al.
Surprisingly, this is the first record of Tricolored Heron for
Upper Douglas Lake / Rankin Bottoms area.
Congrats guys.
That makes 2 new species this year, Hudsonian Godwit was the other.
Next on the missing list for that site: Whimbrel.
Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
----- Original Message -----
From: michael sledjeski
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Sent: 9/21/2011 11:10:30 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Tricolored heron- Upper Douglas Lake
Rankin Bottoms/Ten Islands, Cocke county, 9/21/11, 6-8PM, by canoe
Douglas Lake elev: 978 ft.
David Kirschke & I put in near Leadvale, then traveled west past the RR trestle
& scoped clusters of bird at the north end of Ten Islands. David picked out a
Tricolored Heron in a line of Great Egrets - the light belly was evident, even
at a distance in fading light. Trip spectacle: more than 200 egrets gathering
in the shallows as we turned back.
Also:
Semipalmated plover (12)
Greater yellowlegs (15)
Lesser yellowlegs (8)
Semipalm. sandpiper (12)
Least sandpiper (5)
Pectoral sandpiper (15)
Stilt sandpiper (4)
Screech owl, in the road as I was leaving.
Michael Sledjeski
Del Rio TN - Home of the Del Rio Song Contest
http://www.delriosongcontest.com/
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