[TN-Bird] Upper Douglas Waterbirds
- From: "michael sledjeski" <mtnsylva@xxxxxxx>
- To: TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, TN10D@xxxxxxxxxxx, thhenry@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:52:33 -0500
Douglas Lakeway, Cocke, Hamblen, and Jefferson counties
March 13, 2007; 4:00 - 7:30 PM
Douglas Lake elevation: 961', starting to flood Dutch Bottoms
RANKIN -dry as toast; from Rankin Bridge :
Osprey (3).
TEN ISLANDS ( by canoe from Leadvale to Walters Bridge):
Canada Goose (12)
Mallard (7)
EARED GREBE (4) - first record, to our knowledge, on upper Douglas Lake
Great blue heron (5)
Osprey
Killdeer (15)
Ring-billed gull (5)
Tree swalow (2)
Am. pipit (5)
LEEPERS FERRY RD.(Hamblen county):
Wood duck (25)
Blue-winged teal (3)
Redhead (2)
Ring-necked duck (10)
DUTCH BOTTOMS:
Green-winged teal (3)
Great blue heron (15
Killdeer (5)
-and combined in one good-sized, early flock:
Least sandpiper (62)
& Pectoral sandpiper (60)
Note on Dutch Bottoms: Access to the viewing area across from Dutch Bottoms
Church is now blocked by a fence. The area has been impounded by a
developer. Dutch Bottoms can still be viewed from points of the shoulder
along the road, and entered via 2 rough access roads at each end.
Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens
Cocke county TN
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