30 July 2006 Rankin Bottoms, Cocke Co. Birding by canoe (electric-motor powered): WOOD STORK - 1 (first record there that I'm aware of & one of few in East Tenn.) - seen at dusk. D-cr Cormorant - 60+ Gr. Blue Heron - 40+ Great Egret - 80+ Little Blue Heron - 7+ imm. Black-cr. Night-Heron - 20+ Osprey - 3 Lesser Yellowlegs - 2 Solitary Sandpiper - 2 Spotted Sandpiper - 7 Least Sandpiper - 26+ Pectoral Sandpiper - 22+ Prothonotary Warbler - 2+ Tree Swallow - 250+ observers: Michael Sledjeski & Rick Knight note: The lake level is still too high to reveal any mud flats at the traditional land-based birding area at Rankin. The canoe allowed access to isolated sites along the river bank that had limited shorebird habitat exposed. The Wood Stork might possibly be seen from the traditional site (near the coal tipple) near dusk as it goes to roost. Patient scanning will be needed. ################### Rick Knight Johnson City, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________