[TN-Bird] Douglas Lake - 9/28/13
- From: Steve Ritt <stevenmritt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 20:06:57 -0400
Hi folks,
I tried sending this a few ways last night, but they did not go through
apparently. Trying again.
Rankin Bottoms:
Pectoral Sandpiper - 20
Least Sandpiper - 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
Peep sp. - 1
Am. White Pelican - 1
Apparently, the lake was covered in swallows in the morning.
Many Northern Parulas.
Dutch Bottoms (I guess...just NW of Hwy.25E x Rankin Hill Rd.):
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Laughing Gull - 1
...with the Ring-billeds.
Mountain Cove Marina (near Douglas Dam):
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Although, we mostly stopped just over the border, on the NC side, the high
elevations near Clingman's Dome were absolutely chock full of migrants.
Bay-breasted Warblers were slightly outnumbering the Tennessees, with still
good numbers of Black-throated Greens, and a few Black-throated Blues,
Chestnut-sideds, Magnolias, Cape Mays, and Blackburnians. Blue-headed
Vireos were just behind the Tennessees, and there was a reasonable number
of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. Ruby-crowned Kinglets have really moved in.
Nothing rare, but the abundance was quite a spectacle.
Steve Ritt
Asheville, NC / San Diego, CA
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