[TN-Bird] Kingston - Stilt SP, Narrowmouth Toads
- From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:46:00 -0400 (EDT)
I ran out to Kingston Steam Plant in Roane Co, TN, Saturday evening
(28 July 2007) to see if the rains brought in any shorebirds. For
the first time this season, Killdeer were outnumbered by non-Killdeer.
Several dozen (50-60+) EASTERN NARROWMOUTH TOADs were calling in the
many rain puddles, especially right at the parking lot by the soccer
fields. Try as I might, I could not photograph one.
The heavy rains this week (FINALLY!) have raised the level of the
main pond putting most of the flats the birds have been on the
last few weeks under water. Many of the birds were in the grass
on the large penninsula on western side of the main pond (closest
to the parking lot) which was also partly under water. Counting
was difficult as the birds moved around in the grass and best
counting was on a couple of occassions when the birds were flushed
by an Osprey.
birds of note:
Killdeer, ~20
Lesser Yellowlegs, at least 12
Spotted Sandpiper, 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper, ~10
Least Sandpiper, ~40
Pectoral Sandpiper, 2
STILT SANDPIPER, 5 adults, starting to moult but mostly still in
breeding plumage
Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN
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