[TN-Bird] Re: White Ibis, shorebirds, etc. (Cocke, Hamblen Co., TN)
- From: michael sledjeski <mtnsylva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:57:14 -0400
The Hamblen county mudflat where we saw most of the shorebirds
yesterday can be viewed - scope recommended- from Leepers Ferry Rd,
near Leadvale (coordinates N 36 06'06', W 83 14'52").
Image of the 7 ibises: http://www.pbase.com/sylvafoto/image/116144018/medium.jpg
Michael Sledjeski
Del Rio TN
On Aug 16, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Alice Loftin / Don Miller wrote:
> August 15, 2009
> [posting date: August 16, 2009]
> Upper Douglas Lake--Rankin Bottoms in Cocke County (C), mouth of
> Nolichucky River and immediate vicinity in Hamblen County (H)
>
> Observers, in motorized canoe: Leslie Gibbens, Don Miller, Michael
> Sledjeski
>
> As reported earlier by Troy Evans, shorebird habitat was scarce in
> the area. The lake has yet to recede enough to expose significant
> mudflats. We examined the flats along the Hamblen County shore of
> the Nolichucky River, the area along the Holttown Road section of
> Rankin Bottoms in Cocke County, and the area around the gate at the
> end of the road leading upstream from the tipple, also at Rankin
> Bottoms.
>
> Highlights were:
>
> Canada Goose (98 C, 16 H)
> Wood Duck (53 C, H)
> Double-crested Cormorant (46 C, 9 H)
> Great Blue Heron (12 C, 6 H)
> Great Egret (88 C, 30 H)
> Little Blue Heron (immature H)
> Green Heron (11 C, 7 H)
> Black-crowned Night-Heron (6 C, 2 H)
> White Ibis (7 juveniles C, H; there may have been more, but we could
> safely conclude a total of only 7)
> Osprey (7 C, H, including 1 along Highway 25-E at Dutch Bottoms)
> Bald Eagle (C)
> Killdeer (21 C, 82 H)
> Spotted Sandpiper (9 C, 3 H)
> Lesser Yellowlegs (C)
> Solitary Sandpiper (6 H)
> Semipalmated Sandpiper (at least 1 C, at least 5 H)
> Least Sandpiper (at least 1 C, at least 4 H)
> Pectoral Sandpiper (at least 4 H)
> Stilt Sandpiper (2 H)
> Eastern Screech-Owl (at dusk C)
> Red-headed Woodpecker (C)
> Great Crested Flycatcher (C)
> Purple Martin (at least 16 C)
> Tree Swallow (80+ C)
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2 C, 3 H)
> Prothonotary Warbler (C)
>
> Don Miller
> Greeneville, Greene Co., TN
>
>
>
>
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