[TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms 18 species of shorebirds Monday evening Sept 1
- From: "Welsh, Christopher J E" <cwelsh@xxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 14:54:41 +0000
I spent about 3.5 hrs floating around Rankin Bottoms in my kayak on Monday
evening (Sept 1) from 4:15-7:45 pm.
Lots of shorebirds. Scope recommended if viewing from land.
Bird list is about the same as others reported from the morning although I saw
two Black-bellied Plovers, both still in nice breeding plumage and two
White-rumped Sandpipers. The Black-bellieds were somewhat skittish and seemed
to hang out on the flats more out from and to the left of the pull out just
before the coal tipple. The Golden was well off to the right and clearly
molting.
Possible Snowy Egret. Did not have appearance of Little Blue Heron to me. I
expected to get better look when I got closer, but it was gone by the time I
worked my way to where it had been.
Large number of Canada Geese and Mallards accumulated by sunset.
Chris Welsh
Knoxville, TN
Rankin Bottoms, Cocke, US-TN
Sep 1, 2014 4:16 PM - 7:46 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: <br />Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.3
32 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 250 Probably more
Mallard 150
Double-crested Cormorant 100
Great Blue Heron 15
Great Egret 80
Snowy Egret 1 Maybe, saw at distance, Smaller than Great, feeding stance
looked like Snowy. Did not see again.
Green Heron 3
Black Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 2 Breeding
American Golden-Plover 1 Photos, molting
Semipalmated Plover 15 At least 15
Killdeer 120
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Lesser Yellowlegs 25
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Sanderling 3 Larger than peeps, whitish, stood out from others, photos
Baird's Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 120 Probably more
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 4 Poor photos
Pectoral Sandpiper 40
Semipalmated Sandpiper 25
Western Sandpiper 5
Short-billed Dowitcher 6 4 juv, 1 ad, 1 unk
Ring-billed Gull 17
Caspian Tern 2
Black Tern 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow X Heard only
swallow sp. 1
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From: Chuck Lola Estes <chucklola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [TN-Bird] Rankin Bottoms Labor Day
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:57:00 -0400
Rankin Bottoms
Cocke County, TN
9:10am - 12:15pm
Great morning after the rains. Lots of great close views from the kayak. The
mudflats continue to grow. The shorebirds extended from the bank directly
across from the coal tipple to the right (southeast) at the end of the cove.
The shorebirds are definitely starting to build at the end of the cove in the
area where the gravel road reappears. One of the Baird's and the Buff-breasted
Sandpiper were in that area. To the view the end of the cove with a scope,
park at the first gravel parking area on the right about 1/4 mile from the
railroad crossing. Last week I was able to clear a path through the poison
ivy to the shoreline. Scoping from this area may give you some good views as
the water drops. Great to see Steve Zipper from middle TN and Dr. Buehler from
UT with a small group.
Black-bellied Plover - 1
American Golden-Plover - 1
Semipalmated Plover - 20+
Killdeer - 60+
Greater Yellowlegs - 4
Lesser Yellowlegs - 25+
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Solitary Sandpiper - 3
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 1
Sanderling - 1
Pectoral Sandpiper - 20+
Baird's Sandpiper - 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 30+
Western Sandpiper - 10+
Least Sandpiper - 45+
Stilt Sandpiper - 1
Short-billed Dowitcher - 12+
Mallard - 10+
Canada Goose - 30+
Double-breasted Cormorant - 40+
Great Blue Heron - 10+
Green Heron - 2
Great Egret - 35+
Osprey - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 30+
Black Tern - 1
Caspian Tern - 2
Chuck Estes
Oak Ridge, TN
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