[TN-Bird] West to Rankin Bottoms / Wilson's Phalarope
- From: Robert Biller <merlin42@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:37:17 -0400
Today, Don Holt, Tom McNeil, JT McNeil and myself (Rob Biller) ventured
westward from Carter County to see what birds the weather front that passed
through the area last night might have brought in. Not much new - but we still
had a good day with at least one life bird for each of us. Below the list is
Geographical GPS Coordinates of each site with a few different conversions.
8/12/06
West View Pond (on Powell Rd)[Washington County]
Great Blue Heron and many Canada Geese
West View Pond (by the Westview School)[Washington County]
5 Wood Ducks
Wal-Mart Distribution Center (Greene County)
4 Great Egrets
Mallards
UNIDENTIFIED Shorebird (acting very weak it flew in an area where it could
not be relocated)
Killdeers
Douglas Lake (overlook just before Jim Walter's Bridge (Cocke County)
Great Egrets
Double-crested Cormorants
Barn, Tree, Northern-rough winged Swallows
Ranking Bottoms (gravel entrance, Overlook @ railroad crossing) [Cocke County]
WILSON'S PHALAROPE - Good looks and comparisons to Lesser Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpipers
Semipalmated Sandpipers
Least Sandpipers
Pectoral Sandpipers
Short-billed Dowitchers
Green Herons
Great Egrets
Ospreys (2)
Black Vultures
Turkey Vultures
Black-crowned Night-Heron (imm)
Killdeers
Red-tailed Hawks
Rankin Bottoms (just before Coal Tipple) [Cocke County]
CATTLE EGRETS (2) - good comparisons with Great Egret
Great Egrets
Little Blue Heron
Black-crown Night-Heron (imm)
Mallards
Double-crested Cormorants
(many of the same shorebirds above)
Rankin Bottoms - Walk under and beyond Coal Tipple (Cocke County)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Goldfinch
Black-crowned Nightheron (imm)
Green Herons
Great Egrets
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Eastern Kingbirds +++
Geographic Locations (GPS)
West View Pond (on Powell Rd)[Washington County]
Tolerance about +/- 15.1'
GPS (Degrees, Minutes, & Seconds)
N 36-13-35.4
W 82-35-30.5
GPS (Decimal degree)
N 36.2265
W 82.59180555555555
TN State Plane Coordinates
N 706631.822
E 2973562.566
Elev 1489'
West View Pond (by the Westview School)[Washington County]
Tolerance about +/- 16.3'
GPS (Degrees, Minutes, & Seconds)
N 36-13-25.1
W 82-35-35.5
GPS (decimal degree)
N 36.2236388888888
W 82.59319444444444
TN State Plane Coordinates
N 705576.630
E 2973189.403
Elev 1487'
Wal-Mart Distribution Center (Greene County)
Tolerance about +/- 26.2'
GPS (Degrees, Minutes, & Seconds)
N 36-11-41.1
W 83-01-20.4
GPS (Decimal Degree)
N 36.19475
W 83.02233333333334
TN State Plane Coordinates
N 690936.722
E 2846995.312
Elev 1081'
Douglas Lake (overlook just before Jim Walter's Bridge (Cocke County)
Tolerance about +/- 18.3'
GPS (Degrees, Minutes, & Seconds)
N 36-02-57.2
W 83-15-31.2
GPS (Decimal Degree)
N 36.04922222222222
W 83.25866666666667
TN State Plane Coordinates
N 623842.786
E 2780131.168
Elev 1011'
Ranking Bottoms (gravel entrance, Overlook @ railroad crossing) [Cocke County]
Tolerance about +/- 22.6'
GPS (Degrees, Minutes, & Seconds)
N 36-04-06.3
W 83-13-56.1
GPS (Decimal Degree)
N 36.06841666666667
W 82.23225000000001
TN State Plane Coordinates
N 643147.830
E 2786381.564
Elev 1008'
Rankin Bottoms (just before Coal Tipple) [Cocke County]
Tolerance about +/- 15.4'
GPS (Degrees, Minutes, & Seconds)
N 36-04-39.6
W 83-14-19.4
GPS (Decimal Degree)
N 36.07766666666667
W 82.23872222222222
TN State Plane Coordinates
N 646459.712
E 2784374.512
Elev 1010'
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
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