Rankin area, Cocke county, 10/1, 5:30 to 7:30 PM We launched our canoe at Leadvale and cruised into the small remaining embayment at Rankin Bottoms then went under the trestle over to the north end of the 10 Islands area on the west side of the Rankin peninsula; most of the area is still under water. The great egret colony is now roosting in a (Jefferson county) tree line just around the bend from the last stretch west to the Walters Bridge. Notable: Canada goose (150) Mallard (45) Blue-winged teal (100+) Northern shoveler (5) Pied-bill grebe Great blue heron (42) Great egret (120+) Black-crowned night-heron (5) Peregrine falcon (imm.) Killdeer (32) Least sandpiper (10) Ring-billed gull (4) Rankin Bottoms, 10/2, 2:00 to 3:00 PM, by car, from the Gate Pond to the old trestle abutment across from the Leadvale boat launch: Wood duck (4) Mallard (15) Blue-winged teal (4) Great blue heron (12) Great egret (42) Osprey Merlin (2) Killdeer (3) Spotted sandpiper Northern flicker Tree swallow (15) Palm warbler (40+) Rankin Bottoms is greening over rapidly; Douglas Lake will be lowered substantially through the week. Michael Sledjeski & Leslie Gibbens Cocke county 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 _____________________________________________________________